16 Februari 2000 - Emery Worldwide 17 Emery Worldwide Airlines flight 17, a Douglas DC-8-71 (N8079U), on a scheduled cargo flight from Sacramento Mather Airport to Dayton, Ohio, with three crew members aboard, crashed shortly after take-off. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post-crash fire; there were no survivors
Emery Flight 17 had just departed Sacramento-Mather Airport runway 22L when the crew reported balance problems. A little later the aircraft was seen to crash in a left wing low, nose low attitude, into the Insurance Auto Auctions salvage yard, setting fire to 100-200 cars. Debris cut a swath about 250 yards wide and a 600yds long. The plane's cargo included clothing, transmission fluid and a small amount of 9 grams fuses used to activate automobile air bags.
The NTSB is focusing on the possibility that a push rod in an elevator control tab may have been separated from the control system of the plane before impact.
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Transcript of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
Legenda
CAM-1 = Voice identified as Captain
CAM-2 = Voice identified as First Officer
CAM-3 = Voice identified as Flight Engineer
RDO-1 = Radio transmission by Captain
APR= Sacramento TRACON
Time Source Content 19:48:24 CAM-3 four spooled. 19:48:40 CAM-1 set reduced. 19:48:44 CAM-1 airspeed's alive. 19:48:44 CAM-2 alive here. 19:48:45 CAM [ sound of two clicks, first louder than second] 19:48:50 CAM-1 eighty knots. 19:48:51 CAM-2 eeighty knots... 19:48:52 CAM [ sound of two clunks, first softer than second] 19:48:53 CAM-2 ... elevator checks. 19:48:54 CAM [sound of two clunks, first louder than second] 19:48:55 CAM [sound of ratcheting noise, ending with clunk] 19:48:57 CAM [sound of clunk] 19:49:02 CAM-1 V one. 19:49:06 CAM-1 rotate. 19:49:08 CAM [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] 19:49:08 CAM-1 **(go)... 19:49:09 CAM [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] 19:49:09 CAM-1 ... watch the tail. 19:49:11 CAM [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] 19:49:12 CAM [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] 19:49:13 CAM-1 V two. 19:49:14 CAM [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] 19:49:14 CAM-1 positive rate. 19:49:16 CAM-2 I got it. 19:49:17 CAM-1 you got it? 19:49:17 CAM-2 yep. 19:49:18 CAM-1 all right. 19:49:18 CAM [sound of two clicks] 19:49:19 CAM-2 we're going back. 19:49:20 CAM-3 what the #? 19:49:20 CAM-2 CG's waay out of limits. 19:49:25 CAM-3 #. do you want to pull the power back? 19:49:27 CAM [sound similar to decreasing engine rpm] 19:49:29 CAM [sound similar to stick shaker] 19:49:30 CAM-2 oh #. 19:49:30 CAM-1 push forward. 19:49:31 CAM-2 goddd...#. 19:49:34 CAM-2 god. 19:49:36 RDO-1 Emery seventeen emergency. 19:49:38 CAM-2 ahhh #. 19:49:40 APR Emery seventeen Sacramento departure radar contact say again? 19:49:40 CAM-2 you steer. I'm pushing. 19:49:44 RDO-1 Emery seventeen has an emergency. 19:49:44 CAM-3 we're sinking. we're going down guys. 19:49:46 APR Emery seventeen go ahead. 19:49:46 CAM [sound similar to increased engine rpm] 19:49:47 CAM whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop... 19:49:47 CAM-2 power. 19:49:51 CAM-2 #. 19:49:51 CAM ... whoop pull up. [GPWS voice] 19:49:52 CAM-1 all right all right. . . all right. 19:49:54 CAM-2 push. 19:49:54 CAM-3 okay so... we' re going back up. 19:49:55 CAM [sound of two clunks] 19:49:57 CAM-3 there you go. 19:49:58 CAM-1 roll out. 19:49:59 CAM-? roll out. 19:50:01 CAM-? [ sound of strained exhale] 19:50:04 RDO-1 Emery seventeen extreme CG problem. 19:50:06 APR Emery seventeen roger. 19:50:07 CAM-3 #. 19:50:10 CAM-? [ sound of strained exhale] 19:50:11 CAM-3 anything I can do guys. 19:50:11 CAM-1 roll out to the right. 19:50:12 CAM-2 okay. 19:50:15 CAM-2 push. 19:50:16 CAM-? push forward. 19:50:18 CAM-2 awww... 19:50:19 CAM [ sound of creaking] 19:50:19 CAM-2 ...#. 19:50:22 CAM-? #. 19:50:25 CAM-2 okay. 19:50:26 CAM-3 you got the trim maxed? 19:50:28 CAM-2 power. 19:50:28 CAM-3 more? 19:50:29 CAM-2 yeah. 19:50:29 CAM whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop... 19:50:32 CAM-2 we're gonna have to land fast. 19:50:32 CAM ...whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up. [GPWS voice] 19:50:36 CAM-1 left turn. 19:50:36 CAM-2 okay. 19:50:37 CAM-2 what I' m trying to do is make the airplane' s position match the elevator. that' s why I'm putting it in a bank. 19:50:45 CAM-1 all right. 19:50:45 CAM-2 okay. 19:50:46 CAM-1 left turn. 19:50:46 CAM-2 so we're gonna have to land it in like a turn. 19:50:47 CAM-1 bring it around. 19:50:48 CAM [sound similar to stick shaker] 19:50:49 CAM-1 bring it around. 19:50:49 CAM-2 god #. 19:50:51 CAM-? [sound of grunt] 19:50:51 CAM [sound of rustling] 19:50:53 CAM-3 #. 19:50:54 CAM-2 you got the airport? 19:50:56 CAM-1 bring it around. 19:50:56 CAM [sound of snap] 19:51:00 CAM-2 power. 19:51:02 CAM whoop whoop pull up whoop. [ GPWS voice] 19:51:02 [audio interruption on all four channels due to CVR tape heat damage] 19:51:07 CAM-2 power. 19:51:07 CAM-2 aww #. 19:51:08 CAM-? **. 19:51:08 CAM [sound similar to impact] 19:51:09 End of Transcript ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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