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 Airlines, American 77 AAL7 7 Dulles ATCT, Local Control West LCW Dulles ATCT, Final West FW Raytheon Trav el Air, Kansas 788 KSS788 Atlantic Coast Airline 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 Comair 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 regional jet 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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