APPENDIX B
National Transportation Safety Board Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcript Excerpt
Transcript of an Allied Signal/Honeywell model SSCVR cockpit voice recorder (CVR), s/n 2878, installed on an Airbus Industrie A320–214, registration N106US. The airplane was operated by US Airways as Flight 1549, when it ditched into the Hudson River, NY, on January 15, 2009.
RDO Radio transmission from accident aircraft, US Airways 1549
CAM Cockpit area microphone voice or sound source
PA Voice or sound heard on the public address system channel
HOT Hot microphone voice or sound source[1]
TOGA Takeoff/Go Around thrust
INTR Interphone communication to or from ground crew For RDO, CAM, PA, HOT and INTR comments:
-1 Voice identified as the Captain (Hot-1: Capt. Sullenberger)
-2 Voice identified as the First Officer (Hot-2: First Officer Skiles)
-3 Voice identified as cabin crewmember
-4 Voice identified as groundcrew
-? Voice unidentified
FWC Automated callout or sound from the Flight Warning Computer
TCAS Automated callout or sound from the Traffic Collision Avoidance System
PWS Automated callout or sound from the Predictive Windshear System
GPWS Automated callout or sound from the Ground Proximity Warning System
EGPWS Automated callout or sound from the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System
TWR Radio transmission from the Air Traffic Control Tower at LaGuardia
DEP Radio transmission from LaGuardia departure control (Air Traffic Control Specialist Harten)
CH[1234] CVR Channel identifier 1 = Captain 2 = First Officer 3 = PA 4 = Cockpit Area Microphone
* Unintelligible word
@ Non-Pertinent word
& Third party personal name (see note 5 below)
# Expletive
-,—Break in continuity or interruption in comment
( ) Questionable insertion
[ ] Editorial insertion
… Pause
Note 1: Times are expressed in Eastern Standard Time (EST), based on the clock used to timestamp the recorded radar data from the Newark ASR-9.
Note 2: Generally, only radio transmissions to and from the accident aircraft were transcribed.
Note 3: Words shown with excess vowels, letters, or drawn out syllables are a phonetic representation of the words as spoken.
Note 4: A non-pertinent word, where noted, refers to a word not directly related to the operation, control or condition of the aircraft.
Note 5: Personal names of 3rd parties not involved in the conversation are generally not transcribed.
About the Authors
CAPTAIN CHESLEY B. SULLENBERGER III is an airline pilot and safety expert, and has served as an instructor and an Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) safety chairman and accident investigator. He was named the Outstanding Cadet in Airmanship in his graduating class at the United States Air Force Academy, and he holds two master’s degrees. A native of Denison, Texas, he lives in Danville, California, with his wife and family.
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