2 August 1985 - Delta 191

While approaching Dallas runway 17L in rain and thunderstorm, the TriStar entered a microburst. At 6300ft short of the runway threshold the aircraft struck a car on a highway, collided with two water tanks, broke up and burst into flames.

Legenda:
CAM - Cockpit area microphone
RDO - Radio transmission from accident aircraft
-1 - Voice (or position) identified as Captain
-2 - Voice (or position) identified as First Officer
-3 - Voice identified as Second officer
-? - Unidentifiable voice
APP = Dallas Approach
TWR = Dallas Tower
* - Unintelligible word
# - Expletive deleted
() - Questionable text

18.02:10	AA539	Three thousand American five thirty nine
18.02:14	CAM-?	* * *
18.02:15	APP	Delta one ninety one heavy, traffic ten o'clock a mile northbound twenty hundred unverified
18.02:18	RDO-1	Thank you
18.02:23	APP	American five thirty nine reduce speed one seven zero, caution wake turbulence you'll be following heavy TriStar
18.02:27	AA539	One seventy on the speed American five thirty nine
18.02:35	APP	Delta one ninety one heavy is six miles from the marker, turn left heading one eight zero join the localizer at or above two thousand three hundred cleared for ILS one seven left approach
18.02:43	RDO-1	Deta one niner one roger, all that appreciate it
18.02:46	DL557	Regional approach Delta five fifty seven with you
18.02:48	CAM	[Sound of gear warning horn begins five times due to airspeed oscillation about one hundred and eighty knots]
18.02:49	APP	Delta five fifty seven approach fly heading two seven zero, expect ILS approach one seven left
18.02:53	CAM	[Sound of gear warning horn]
18.02:55	DL557	One seven zero for the left side Delta five fifty six
18.03:03	APP	Delta one ninety one heavy, reduce your speed to one six zero please
18.03:06	RDO-1	Be glad to
18.03:08	CAM	[Sound of gear warning horn]
18.03:09	CAM-1	One six zero
18.03:10	CAM-2	All right
18.03:11	CAM-1	Localizer and glideslope captured
18.03:12	CAM	[Sound of gear warning horn]
18.03:14	APP	American five thirty nine turn left two three zero
18.03:16	AA539	Two three zero American five thirty nine
18.03:16	CAM-1	One six zero is your speed
18.03:19	APP	Delta five fifty seven reduce speed to one seven zero
18.03:22	DL557	One seventy Delta five fifty seven
18.03:31	APP	And we're getting some variable winds out there due to a sh- shower on short out there north end of DFW
18.03:31	APP	American five thirty nine turn left to two two zero
18.03:34	CAM-?	Stuff is moving in * * *
18.03:35	CAM-?	* *
18.03:36	CAM-?	* *
18.03:40	CAM	[Sound of gear warning and altitude chord]
18.03:43	CAM-1	One six zero's the speed
18.03:45	AA539	Two two zero American five thirty nine
18.03:46	APP	Delta one ninety one heavy, reduce speed to one five zero, contact tower one two six five five
18.03:49	RDO-1	One two six five five, you have a nice day, we appreciate your help
18.03:52	APP	(Bye)
18.03:53	RDO-?	Five eighy six
18.03:58	RDO-1	Tower Delta one ninety one heavy, out here in the rain, feels good
18.04:01	TWR	Delta one ninety one heay regiona tower one seven left cleared to land, wind zero nine zero at five gusts to one five
18.04:05	RDO-1	Thank you, sir
18.04:07	CAM-2	Before landing check
18.04:08	CAM-3	Landing gear
18.04:10	CAM-1	Down, three green
18.04:10	TWR	American three fifty one, if you can make that next high speed there, pull up behind Delta and hold short of one seven right this frequency
18.04:11	CAM-3	Fourteen green
18.04:12	CAM-1	Thirty three, thirty three, green light
18.04:15	CAM-3	Fourteen green
18.04:15	AA351	Three fifty one
18.04:18	CAM-2	Lightning coming out of that one
18.04:19	CAM-1	What?
18.04:21	CAM-2	Lightning coming out of that one
18.04:22	CAM-1	Where?
18.04:23	CAM-2	Right ahead of us
18.04:29	RDO	[Sound of open microphone]
18.04:30	CAM-3	You get good legs don't ya
18.04:30	TWR	Delta ten sixty one cross one seven right without delay ground point six five after you cross
18.04:36	DL1061	Crossing seventeen right Delta ten sixty one
18.04:38	TWR	Three fifty one cross one seven right ground point six five after you cross
18.04:39	CAM-2	[Garbled comment override by radio]
18.04:41	CAM-1	I don't have a DME on mine
18.04:43	CAM-2	I don't know, you haven't had it for the last five minutes
18.04:45	TWR	Delta nine sixty three and American six nineteen cross one seen right ground point six five after you cross
18.04:51	AA619	American six nineteen
18.04:52	DL963	Nine six three roger
18.04:54	TWR	Three fifty one did you copy to cross
18.04:55	AA351	Yes sir we're on the way American three fifty one
18.04:57	TWR	Thank you
18.05:04	CAM-?	Wash that off a little bit
18.05:05	CAM-1	A thousand feet
18.05:08	CAM-1	Seven sixty two in the baro
18.05:12	CAM-1	I'll call 'em for you
18.05:13	CAM-2	Aw right
18.05:14	AA178	You want American one seventy eight to turn the corner?
18.05:16	TWR	Yes sir, everybody around the corner when you're number one
18.05:19	CAM-1	Watch your speed
18.05:20	CAM	[Sound similar to rain begins and continues to impact]
18.05:20	TWR	American one fifty six contact departure, good day
18.05:21	CAM-1	You're gonna lose it all of a sudden, there it is
18.05:22	AA156	American one fifty six, so long
18.05:26	CAM-1	Push it up, push it way up
18.05:27	CAM-1	Way up
18.05:28	CAM-3	Way up
18.05:29	CAM-1	Way up
18.05:29	CAM	[Sound of engines high RPM]
18.05:30	CAM-1	That's it
18.05:35	RDO	[Sound of microphone keying]
18.05:36	TWR	American six twenty two cleared for takeoff
18.05:36	CAM-1	Hang on the # #
18.05:38	AA622	Cleared for takeoff American six twenty two
18.05:39	CAM-2	(What's vee ref?)
18.05:40	TWR	Five eight six into position one seven right
18.05:44	GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up
18.05:44	AA586	Into position and hold five eighty six
18.05:44	CAM	[Garbled sound]
18.05:45	CAM-1	Toga
18.05:46	CAM-?	* *
18.05:46	TWR	November one five juliot fox can you make the ah we'll expedite down to the ah taxi thirty one and a right turn off the traffics a mile final
18.05:46	CAM	[Sound of radio altimeters]
18.05:46	GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up (sound of GPWS is distributed evenly and continously)
18.05:47	CAM-?	Push it way up
18.05:48	GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up
18.05:49	GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up
18.05:52	CAM	[Sound of noise similar to landing; sound of takeoff warning horn. The sound continues for 1.6 seconds]
18.05:53	N15JF	Juliot fox roger
18.05:53	CAM-?	#
18.05:55.5	CAM-?	Oh # [second impact]
18.05:56	TWR	Delta go around
18.05:57		End of recording