Memorandum U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

Subject: INFORMATION: Full Transcript; Date: September 28 , 2001 Aircraft Accident; AAL77 ; Pentagon Building, Washington, D. C.; September ll' 2001 From: Dulles ATCT Reply to Attn. of:

To: Aircraft Accident File

This transcription covers the Dulles ATCT Local Control west position for the period from September 11, 2001, 1211 UTC, to September 11, 2001 , 1226 UTC.

Agencies Ma king Transmissions Abbreviations

American , American 77 AAL7 7 Dulles ATCT, Local Control West LCW Dulles ATCT, Final West FW Raytheon Trav el Air, Kansas 788 KSS788 Atlantic Coast s , Blueridge 748 BLR748 u s Air 2733 USA2733 Cessna Citation N86CW N6CW Learj et N125TN NSTN Atlantic Coast Airlines , Blueridge 370 BLR370 Gulfstream N4 36QS N6QS Atlantic Coast Ai rline s, Blueridge 252 BLR252 Beechcraft Kingai r N75AP NSAP Federal Expre ss Corporation, Fedex 3212 FDX3212 Atlantic Coast Airlines , Blueridge 474 BLR474 Learjet N314C N14C Cessna Citation N5 5 0DA NODA Uni ted Air Lin e s, United 198 UAL198 Dassault Falcon N70XC NOXC Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 308 BLR308 625 COM625 United Air Lines, Unite d 1719 UAL1719 2

I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving AAL77:

Support Specialist Dulles ATCT

1211 1211:01 KSS788 seven eighty eight we'll turn right here and ah twenty one nine

1211:21 BLR748 tower good morning blueridge seven f orty eight with you viaual one left

1211:24 LCW blueridge seven forty eight dulles tower runway one left cleared to land traffic's a learjet on a four mile final

1211:28 BLR748 cleared to land one left blueridge seven forty eight

1211:39 LCW u s air twenty seven thirty three runway three zero cleared for take off turn left heading two six zero

1211:44 USA2733 left to two six zero cleared for take off u s air twenty seven thirty three

1211:48 LCW citation eight six charlie whiskey dulles tower runway three zero taxi into position and hold you're holding for landing traffic one left

1211:54 N6CW position and hold six charlie whiskey 1212

1212:17 NSTN tower lear one two five tango november 3

1212:21 LCW go ahead

1212:22 NSTN we got enough spacing to roll to the end here

1212:23 LCW lear one two five tango november that's approved with out delay

1212:28 NSTN roger no delay five tango november

1212:30 LCW blueridge three seventy turn right on the high speed contact ground point niner leaving the runway

1212:34 BLR370 good day blueridge three seventy

1212:38 LCW u s air twenty seven thirty three contact departure see ya

1212:43 USA2733 affirmative to u s air twenty seven thirty three so long 1213

1213:03 LCW november eight charlie whiskey runway three zero cleared for take off turn right h eading three six zero

1213:08 N6CW right heading three six zero cleared for take off three zero six charlie whiskey

1213 :11 LCW gulfstream four three six quebec sie rra dulles tower runwa y three zero t axi into position and hold

1213:16 N6QS position a nd hold on three zero four three six quebec sie rra

1 213 :53 LCW november six charlie whiskey turn right three 4

six zero contact departure

1213:57 N6CW six charlie whiskey good day 1214

1214:05 LCW lear five tango november yankee one is closed that's the next exit down there across from hawthorne you need to go all the way to the end contact ground point niner leaving the runway

1214:14 NSTN all the way in ground point niner five tango november

1214:19 LCW november six quebec sierra runway three zero cleared for take off

1214:23 N6QS cleared for take off three zero four three six quebec sierra

1214:26 LCW fedex thirty two twelve heavy dulles tower runway three zero taxi into position and hold you're holding for landing traffic one left

1214:35 NSAP dulles tower king air seven five alpha papa is with you on a visual to one left

1214: LCW king air seven five alpha papa dulles tower runway one left cleared to land traffic's a on a two mile final

1214:45 NSAP cleared to land one left seven five alpha pop

1214:49 LCW fedex thirty two twelve heavy dulles tower runway three zero taxi into position and hold

1214:54 FDX3212 taxiing into position and hold three zero left fedex ah thirty two twelve heavy 1215

1215:06 LCW and fedex thirty two twelve heavy your departure 5

frequency will be one two five point zero five

1215:11 FDX3212 twenty five zero five fedex thirty two twelve thanks

1215:15 N14C tower learjet three one four charlie is on the visual one left to a hundred seventy knots

1215:19 LCW learjet three one four charlie dulles tower runway one left cleared to land traffi c's a king air on a five and half mile final

1215:26 N14C four charlie's cleared to land one left

1215:28 LCW gulfstream six quebec sierra turn right heading three four zero and contact departure

1215 : 33 N6QS right to three four zero to departure er six quebec sierra

1215:49 LCW fedex thirty two twelv e heavy runway three zero cleared for take off turn left heading two seven zero

1215 : 54 FDX3212 left to two seve n zero cleared for take off on thirty l eft e r thirty er fedex thirty t wo twelve heavy 1216

1216 : 01 LCW american seventy seven dulles tower runway three zero tax i into position and hold you'll be h olding for landing traffic one l eft and for spacing wa k e turbulence s pacing behind the he avy d c ten

1216 : 15 LCW blueridge sev en forty eigh t contact ground point n iner leaving the r unway

1216 : 19 BLR748 seven forty eight good morning 1216:29 AAL 77 and american ah seven seven is ready

1216:32 LCW american seventy seven dulles tower runway three zero taxi into position and hold you're holding for wake turbulence landing traffic one left and you need to be fifteen intrail of tha t d c ten

1216:41 AAL77 position and hold three zero american ah seven seven 1217

1217 :09 LCW fedex thirty two twelve heavy contact departure

1217:11 FDX3212 t hirty t wo twelve heavy going to departure so long

1217:37 NODA dulles tower citation five five zero delta alpha c hecking in the visual one left

1217 :42 LCW citation five five zero alpha delta dulles tower runway one l eft cleared to land traffic ' s a learjet on a four mile final

1217:48 NODA cleared to land one left and it ' s five fifty delta alpha

1217 :50 LCW king air five alpha papa no need to acknowledge use minimum time on the runway for taffic in trail

1217 : 56 N5AP alpha pop 1218

1218 :48 LCW king air five alpha papa turn right o n the high speed and contact ground point niner leaving the runwa y

1218 : 53 N5AP s ev en five alpha pop 7

1219

1219:20 LCW american seventy seven your departure frequency will be one two five point zero five runway three zero cleared for take off

1219:27 AAL 77 twenty five oh five cleared for take off runway ah three zero american seventy seven 122 0

1220:01 N14C four charlie's going to hawthorne

1220 :03 LCW three one four charlie turn right nex t h igh speed turn off contact ground one two one point nine leaving the runway

1220:09 N14C ground right high speed for one four charlie

1220:11 FW local west final west

1220 : 12 LCW local

1 220 :13 FW how many runway three zero departures do you have

1220:15 LCW one

1220: 16 FW thank you

1220 : 26 LCW american seventy seve n turn l eft heading t wo s ev e n zero and contact departure

12 2 0 : 31 AAL 7 7 t wo seventy heading departure american seventy seven good day

12220 : 45 FW thou sand 8

1220:47 UAL198 four thousand and three thousand

1 220:49 FW hey

1220:50 LCW hey

1220: 51 UAL198 zero four zero to intercept

1220:52 LCW american seventy seven is the last one i'm going to have for about five minutes if departure want to eh let you have lower

1220:57 FW okay

1220:58 LCW kay 1221 1222 1222:52 UAL198 tower united one ninety eight skins inbound

1222:56 LCW united one ninety eight dulles tower runway one left cleared to l a nd traffic ' s citation on short final 1223

122 3 : 02 UAL198 cleared to land one left united one ninety eight

1 223 :44 NOXC seven zero xray charl i e is wi th you ready for take off

1223 : 56 LCW seven zero xray c harlie dulles tower runway three zero taxi into position and hold y ou ' re holding for landing traffic one left 1224

1224:01 NOXC deposit and hold we see him

1224:07 COM62 5 dulle s tower comair six twe nty fiv e inbound v isual one l eft 9

1224:10 LCW comair six twenty five dul les tower one left cleared to land traffic's seven fifty seven two mile final caution wake turbulence

1224 :16 COM625 cleared to land one left comair six t wenty five

1224:18 LCW citation zero delta alpha contact ground one t wo one point niner

1224:21 NODA twenty one nine thank you sir

1224:57 LCW seven zero x ray charlie runway three zero cleared for take off turn right headi ng three five zero 1225

1225:08 NOXC cleared for take off falcon seven zero xray charlie

1225 : 14 UAL1719 and united seventeen (alarm) nineteen ah one left ah t wo out of skins

1225 :20 LCW united s eventeen nineteen dul l es tower runway one l eft cleared to l and traffic ' s a r egional jet on a three mile final

1225:26 UAL1719 o kay cleared to land united seventeen n i neteen

1225 : 45 LCW united one ninety eight turn right on the high speed and contact ground point niner leavi ng the runway

1225:51 UAL198 united ah one ninety eight good day 1226

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