7 June 1989 - Suriname 764 Flight PY764 departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport at 23.25h (June 6) for a flight to Paramaribo. The last weather information relayed to PY764 was a visibility of 900m in fog, 2/8 cloud cover with a cloud base at 400ft, wind calm, 22deg C temperature and 1012mb. This caught the crew by surprise since the last weather information had been a visibility of 6km. Though the crewmembers knew that the ILS was not to be used for operational purposes and that they had been cleared for a VOR/DME approach, they still decided to execute an ILS/DME approach to runway 10. By using the unreliable ILS signal they descended too low. Warning signals were ignored and the aircraft eventually struck a tree with the no.2 engine, about 25m above the ground. The right wing then struck another tree, causing the aircraft to roll, striking the ground inverted.
Legenda:
CAM-1 = Cockpit Area Mike - captain
CAM-2 = Cockpit Area Mike - 1st officer
CAM-3 = Cockpit Area Mike - flight engineer
GPWS = Ground Proximity Warning System
TWR = Paramaribo Tower
RDO-2 = Radio communication - 1st officer
* = expletive of unkown
Source: Contents: cam-1 Let me know when you radial's alive here. cam-2 Okay it's alive you just keep on coming around on the thirty degrees bank there you be alright. cam-2 Get in on up to thrity degrees. cam-3 Two thousand fast. cam-1 Huh? cam-2 Two thousand, two thousand. cam- Okay. cam-1 You mean I went through it so we'll come back. cam-2 Just on the one oh three radial. cam-1 Now. cam-2 It's a level out it's about ten degrees to the right level out now you'll be alright. cam-2 You're on the one oh three now on the VOR. cam-3 Is it the one oh three inbound. cam-2 One oh three. cam-3 Or one oh four. cam-2 One oh three I'm sorry one oh four. cam-1 Okay. cam-2 One oh four. cam-1 How far out are we. cam-2 We got. cam-1 How far out are we. cam-2 Let me get back on the DME. cam-1 Okay. cam-2 Runway is twelve thirty. cam-1 Okay. - (sound of altitude alert) cam-1 Ah *. cam-1 I'm right on the localizer now. cam-2 Thirteen DME. cam-2 Runway's twelve o'clock. cam-2 Okay. cam-2 Twelve DME. cam-1 Alright. cam-2 Ah I did'nt understand you. twr Suriname seven six four wind is calm you're cleared to land. rdo-2 Cleared to land seven six four. cam-2 On the localizer. twr Do you have the runway lights in sight? rdo-2 Affirm. twr Roger. cam-2 A little bit of low fog comming up I recon just a litte bit. cam-2 Okay it's down right right there, ah close to the runway *. cam-2 I see it. cam-2 Glideslope's alive. cam-1 Gear down. - (sound of landing gear being lowered) cam-1 * can't get that son of a * . cam-2 Can't get it in there. cam-1 Yeah. cam-2 Oh well. cam-3 I see the altimeters are set, flaps and slats we're working on. cam-2 Twenty three on the flap. cam-3 Gear is down and three green. cam-3 * cam-1 Thirtyfive. cam-3 Spoiler lever is armed ignition is on. cam-1 Thirtyfive. cam-3 Final flap setting to go, Wil. cam-1 Okay man. cam-2 Drifting slightly left. cam-2 That ILS is slightly off on that there indication. - (sound of trim in motion buzzer) - (sound of trim in motion buzzer) cam-2 Slightly left of runway. cam-1 If I get a capture here I'll be happy. cam-2 On glideslope just above. cam-1 I did'nt get no capture yet. cam-2 No I know it I don't trust that ILS. cam-1 There it is. cam-2 I think you're... according to that runway you look like you're high. cam-1 Now it's okay. cam-2 Slightly left of runway. cam-1 Okay. GPWS Glide slope cam-2 Five hundred feet. GPWS Glide slope GPWS Glide slope cam-3 * cam-1 Tell him to turn the runway lights up. GPWS Glide slope cam-2 Glideslope. rdo-2 Would you put the runway lights up please? GPWS Glide slope cam-2 How's that. cam-1 Tell'em to put the runway lights bright. rdo-2 Please put the runway lights bright. twr Right on. cam-2 Three hundred feet. cam-1 * cam-2 Two hundred feet cam-1 Okay MDA. cam-1 I'll level it out here right here. cam-2 One fifty. cam-3 Pull up - (sound of first impact) - (sound of momentary power interuption to the CVR) - (sound of stick shacker starts and continues unill the end of the recording) cam-3 Pull up. cam-3 That's it I'm dead. - (end of recording) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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