17 August 1993 - Aviation Services

While approaching runway 02, the crew forgot to lower the landing gear. The circuit breaker for the gear warning horn had been pulled at some previous flights by other crew to prevent it from sounding during a high speed descent. Propeller blades contacted the runway at a speed of 96kts. When the crew tried to perform a go-around, the speed had dropped 10kts. The aircraft cleared a stone wall, crashed into the water and sank into Connecticut River.

 

Time (EDT) Source Content
     
0222:48 PIC Okay speeds are (good).
0222:49 SIC Good, Good, Good.
0222:50 PIC Looking good, looking good.
0222:54 PIC Yeah, we're at ref plus fifteen..ref plus ten..plus ten..down five..plus ten..plus fifteen.
0223:11 PIC Ref.
0223:39 SIC Yeah we're good, we're good.
0223:44.5   [sound similar to that of fast metallic grinding]
0223:45.0   [sound similar to that of loud metallic impact]
0223:45.8 SIC What was that?
0223:46.2   [sound similar to that of fast metallic grinding]
0223:46.6   [sound similar to that of loud metallic impact]
0223:47.0   [sound similar to that of decrease in prop RPM]
0223:47.8 SIC The # [expletive deleted] gear.
0223:49.0 SIC Is it down?
0223:50.0 PIC Yeah gear's down.
0223:51.0 SIC No it's up.
0223:52.7 SIC Give me some power, give me some power.
0223:53.5 PIC Gear's down.
0223:54.8 SIC It's up.
0223:55.3 PIC #
0223:56.7 SIC Give me some power there Scotty.
0223:59.3 SIC Give me some power (we're going below)
0224:00.2 PIC It's indicating up, it's ind-...#.
0224:02.5 SIC Give me some power, give me some-
0224:08.1 PIC #
0224:11.3 SIC Give me some power.

Similar interaction between the SIC and PIC continued for the next 12 seconds, followed by a sound similar to that of the stall warning horn at 0224:20.1. The CVR tape ended at 0224:26.3

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