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 Making Transmissions Abbreviations
American Airlines, American 77 AAL77
Dulles ATCT, Local Control West LCW
Dulles ATCT, Final West FW
Raytheon Travel Air, Kansas 788 KSS788
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 748 BLR748
U S Air 2733 USA2733
Cessna Citation N86CW N6CW
Learjet N125TN N5TN
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 370 BLR370
Gulfstream N436QS N6QS
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 252 BLR252
Beechcraft Kingair N75AP N5AP
Federal Express Corporation, Fedex 3212 FDX3212
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 474 BLR474
Learjet N314C N14C
Cessna Citation N550DA N0DA
United Air Lines, United 198 UAL198
Dassault Falcon N70XC N0XC
Atlantic Coast Airlines, Blueridge 308 BLR308
Comair 625 COM625
United Air Lines, United 1719 UAL1719
I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving AAL77:
Maureen A. Zwirble
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 forty eight
with you visual 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 N5TN tower lear one two five tango november
1212:21 LCW go ahead
1212:22 N5TN 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 N5TN 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 heading 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 sierra dulles
tower runway three zero taxi into position and
hold
1213:16 N6QS position and hold on three zero four three six
quebec sierra
1213:53 LCW november six charlie whiskey turn right three
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 N5TN 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 N5AP 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 N5AP 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
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 traffic’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 twelve heavy runway three zero
cleared for take off turn left heading two
seven zero
1215:54 FDX3212 left to two seven zero cleared for take off on
thirty left er thirty er fedex thirty two twelve
heavy
1216
1216:01 LCW american seventy seven dulles tower runway three
zero taxi into position and hold you’ll be
holding for landing traffic one left and for
spacing wake turbulence spacing behind the heavy
d c ten
1216:15 LCW blueridge seven forty eight contact ground
point niner leaving the runway
1216:19 BLR748 seven forty eight good morning
1216:29 AAL77 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 that 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 thirty two twelve heavy going to departure
so long
1217:37 N0DA dulles tower citation five five zero delta alpha
checking in the visual one left
1217:42 LCW citation five five zero alpha delta dulles
tower runway one left cleared to land traffic’s
a learjet on a four mile final
1217:48 N0DA 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
intrail
1217:56 N5AP alpha pop
1218
1218:48 LCW king air five alpha papa turn right on the high
speed and contact ground point niner leaving
the runway
1218:53 N5AP seven five alpha pop
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 AAL77 twenty five oh five cleared for take off runway
ah three zero american seventy seven
1220
1220:01 N14C four charlie’s going to hawthorne
1220:03 LCW three one four charlie turn right next high
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
1220:13 FW how many runway three zero departures do you
have
1220:15 LCW one
1220:16 FW thank you
1220:26 LCW american seventy seven turn left heading two
seven zero and contact departure
1220:31 AAL77 two seventy heading departure american seventy
seven good day
12220:45 FW thousand
1220:47 UAL198 four thousand and three thousand
1220:49 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 land traffic’s citation on short
final
1223
1223:02 UAL198 cleared to land one left united one ninety eight
1223:44 N0XC seven zero xray charlie is with you ready
for take off
1223:56 LCW seven zero xray charlie dulles tower runway
three zero taxi into position and hold you’re
holding for landing traffic one left
1224
1224:01 N0XC deposit and hold we see him
1224:07 COM625 dulles tower comair six twenty five inbound
visual one left
1224:10 LCW comair six twenty five dulles 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 twenty five
1224:18 LCW citation zero delta alpha contact ground one two
one point niner
1224:21 N0DA twenty one nine thank you sir
1224:57 LCW seven zero xray charlie runway three zero
cleared for take off turn right heading three
five zero
1225
1225:08 N0XC cleared for take off falcon seven zero xray
charlie
1225:14 UAL1719 and united seventeen (alarm)
nineteen ah one
left ah two out of skins
1225:20 LCW united seventeen nineteen dulles tower runway
one left cleared to land traffic’s a regional
jet on a three mile final
1225:26 UAL1719 okay cleared to land united seventeen nineteen
1225:45 LCW united one ninety eight turn right on the high
speed and contact ground point niner leaving the
runway
1225:51 UAL198 united ah one ninety eight good day
1226
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