16 February 2000 - Emery Worldwide 17
Emery Worldwide Airlines flight 17, a Douglas DC-8-71 (N8079U), on a scheduled cargo flight from Sacramento Mather Airport to Dayton, Ohio, with three crew members aboard, crashed shortly after take-off. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post-crash fire; there were no survivors
Emery Flight 17 had just departed Sacramento-Mather Airport runway 22L when the crew reported balance problems. A little later the aircraft was seen to crash in a left wing low, nose low attitude, into the Insurance Auto Auctions salvage yard, setting fire to 100-200 cars. Debris cut a swath about 250 yards wide and a 600yds long. The plane's cargo included clothing, transmission fluid and a small amount of 9 grams fuses used to activate automobile air bags.
The NTSB is focusing on the possibility that a push rod in an elevator control tab may have been separated from the control system of the plane before impact.
Transcript of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
LegendaCAM-1 = Voice identified as CaptainCAM-2 = Voice identified as First OfficerCAM-3 = Voice identified as Flight EngineerRDO-1 = Radio transmission by Captain APR= Sacramento TRACON
| Time | Source | Content |
| 19:48:24 | CAM-3 | four spooled. |
| 19:48:40 | CAM-1 | set reduced. |
| 19:48:44 | CAM-1 | airspeed's alive. |
| 19:48:44 | CAM-2 | alive here. |
| 19:48:45 | CAM | [ sound of two clicks, first louder than second] |
| 19:48:50 | CAM-1 | eighty knots. |
| 19:48:51 | CAM-2 | eighty knots... |
| 19:48:52 | CAM | [ sound of two clunks, first softer than second] |
| 19:48:53 | CAM-2 | ... elevator checks. |
| 19:48:54 | CAM | [sound of two clunks, first louder than second] |
| 19:48:55 | CAM | [sound of ratcheting noise, ending with clunk] |
| 19:48:57 | CAM | [sound of clunk] |
| 19:49:02 | CAM-1 | V one. |
| 19:49:06 | CAM-1 | rotate. |
| 19:49:08 | CAM | [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] |
| 19:49:08 | CAM-1 | **(go)... |
| 19:49:09 | CAM | [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] |
| 19:49:09 | CAM-1 | ... watch the tail. |
| 19:49:11 | CAM | [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] |
| 19:49:12 | CAM | [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] |
| 19:49:13 | CAM-1 | V two. |
| 19:49:14 | CAM | [sound similar to stabilizer trim in motion alert] |
| 19:49:14 | CAM-1 | positive rate. |
| 19:49:16 | CAM-2 | I got it. |
| 19:49:17 | CAM-1 | you got it? |
| 19:49:17 | CAM-2 | yep. |
| 19:49:18 | CAM-1 | all right. |
| 19:49:18 | CAM | [sound of two clicks] |
| 19:49:19 | CAM-2 | we're going back. |
| 19:49:20 | CAM-3 | what the #? |
| 19:49:20 | CAM-2 | CG's waay out of limits. |
| 19:49:25 | CAM-3 | #. do you want to pull the power back? |
| 19:49:27 | CAM | [sound similar to decreasing engine rpm] |
| 19:49:29 | CAM | [sound similar to stick shaker] |
| 19:49:30 | CAM-2 | oh #. |
| 19:49:30 | CAM-1 | push forward. |
| 19:49:31 | CAM-2 | goddd...#. |
| 19:49:34 | CAM-2 | god. |
| 19:49:36 | RDO-1 | Emery seventeen emergency. |
| 19:49:38 | CAM-2 | ahhh #. |
| 19:49:40 | APR | Emery seventeen Sacramento departure radar contact say again? |
| 19:49:40 | CAM-2 | you steer. I'm pushing. |
| 19:49:44 | RDO-1 | Emery seventeen has an emergency. |
| 19:49:44 | CAM-3 | we're sinking. we're going down guys. |
| 19:49:46 | APR | Emery seventeen go ahead. |
| 19:49:46 | CAM | [sound similar to increased engine rpm] |
| 19:49:47 | CAM | whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop... |
| 19:49:47 | CAM-2 | power. |
| 19:49:51 | CAM-2 | #. |
| 19:49:51 | CAM | ... whoop pull up. [GPWS voice] |
| 19:49:52 | CAM-1 | all right all right. . . all right. |
| 19:49:54 | CAM-2 | push. |
| 19:49:54 | CAM-3 | okay so... we' re going back up. |
| 19:49:55 | CAM | [sound of two clunks] |
| 19:49:57 | CAM-3 | there you go. |
| 19:49:58 | CAM-1 | roll out. |
| 19:49:59 | CAM-? | roll out. |
| 19:50:01 | CAM-? | [ sound of strained exhale] |
| 19:50:04 | RDO-1 | Emery seventeen extreme CG problem. |
| 19:50:06 | APR | Emery seventeen roger. |
| 19:50:07 | CAM-3 | #. |
| 19:50:10 | CAM-? | [ sound of strained exhale] |
| 19:50:11 | CAM-3 | anything I can do guys. |
| 19:50:11 | CAM-1 | roll out to the right. |
| 19:50:12 | CAM-2 | okay. |
| 19:50:15 | CAM-2 | push. |
| 19:50:16 | CAM-? | push forward. |
| 19:50:18 | CAM-2 | awww... |
| 19:50:19 | CAM | [ sound of creaking] |
| 19:50:19 | CAM-2 | ...#. |
| 19:50:22 | CAM-? | #. |
| 19:50:25 | CAM-2 | okay. |
| 19:50:26 | CAM-3 | you got the trim maxed? |
| 19:50:28 | CAM-2 | power. |
| 19:50:28 | CAM-3 | more? |
| 19:50:29 | CAM-2 | yeah. |
| 19:50:29 | CAM | whoop whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up whoop... |
| 19:50:32 | CAM-2 | we're gonna have to land fast. |
| 19:50:32 | CAM | ...whoop pull up whoop whoop pull up. [GPWS voice] |
| 19:50:36 | CAM-1 | left turn. |
| 19:50:36 | CAM-2 | okay. |
| 19:50:37 | CAM-2 | what I' m trying to do is make the airplane' s position match the elevator. that' s why I'm putting it in a bank. |
| 19:50:45 | CAM-1 | all right. |
| 19:50:45 | CAM-2 | okay. |
| 19:50:46 | CAM-1 | left turn. |
| 19:50:46 | CAM-2 | so we're gonna have to land it in like a turn. |
| 19:50:47 | CAM-1 | bring it around. |
| 19:50:48 | CAM | [sound similar to stick shaker] |
| 19:50:49 | CAM-1 | bring it around. |
| 19:50:49 | CAM-2 | god #. |
| 19:50:51 | CAM-? | [sound of grunt] |
| 19:50:51 | CAM | [sound of rustling] |
| 19:50:53 | CAM-3 | #. |
| 19:50:54 | CAM-2 | you got the airport? |
| 19:50:56 | CAM-1 | bring it around. |
| 19:50:56 | CAM | [sound of snap] |
| 19:51:00 | CAM-2 | power. |
| 19:51:02 | CAM | whoop whoop pull up whoop. [ GPWS voice] |
| 19:51:02 | [audio interruption on all four channels due to CVR tape heat damage] | |
| 19:51:07 | CAM-2 | power. |
| 19:51:07 | CAM-2 | aww #. |
| 19:51:08 | CAM-? | **. |
| 19:51:08 | CAM | [sound similar to impact] |
| 19:51:09 | End of Transcript |
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