July 5, 1970
Toronto, Canada
Air Canada
Douglas DC-8
N142D
While attempting to land at Toronto, at approximately 60 feet above the runway, the
spoilers were inadvertently deployed causing the aircraft to fall to the runway and lose
the No. 4 engine. With the wing on fire, the captain decided to go-around but while
circling the plane lost the No. 3 engine and eventually went into a seep dive and
crashed. All 109 aboard killed.
CA Captain
FO First Officer
FO | Nice day |
CA | Beautiful |
FO | That's where old (unintelligible) lives there I guess. What do they call it? High Park? |
CA | Oh |
FO | Those apartments there. See them? The high-rise there |
FO | Yes It looks over the (unintelligible). It's quite a good view out over the lake there. |
SO | The housing in Toronto is out of this world. Expensive, yeah. |
FO | Yeah, expensive all right. |
FO | Yeah, a lot of people have made a lot of money. |
CA | Yeah, Ill say. |
CA | Four for three |
FO | Four for three |
[click click click] | |
APP | Air Canda 621 is cleared for the vectored ILS. Take course 32 and turn right to 230 final and four miles |
RDO-FO | Roger |
APP | 230 |
RDO-FO | Roger. 230. |
APP | You are currently three and a half east of the marker |
RDO-FO | 621 |
CA | Before landing |
[clunk. An increase in background noise] | |
FO | 2975 |
APP | 621 right turn now to heading 28. You are three to the marker |
FO | Check three green. Four pressures. Spoilers. |
FO | No (unintelligible) on the green |
CA | All right. Give them to me on the flare. I have given up. |
FO | (laughing) |
CA | I am tired of fighting it. |
SO | Fuel (panel) set |
CA | Thank you |
CA | Thirty-five flap |
FO | Thirty-five |
FO | 142 |
APP | Air Canada 621 right around to 310 to intercept the back course. Turn into 187. Good day |
RDO-FO | Maintain 310 (roger). Goodday |
RDO-FO | Toronto tower. Air Canada 621. Approaching the whisky |
TWR | 621 stil depart to 727 |
[apparent power increase] | |
FO | Well it's pretty late |
CA | Yeah |
FO | Surprise (unintelligible) |
CA | Landing flap |
FO | 129 |
CA | 134 5 |
[apparent power decrease] | |
RDO-FO | 621 is by the whisky |
TWR | 621 roger. Check (your) gear down |
FO | Gear down |
SO | Spoilers to go in the (unintelligible) |
CA | Okay, thanks |
[apparent power increase] | |
[whistling] | |
CA | Ho Ho Ho |
CA | Well that's right on the VASIS. We are little below the glide though |
FO | Yeah you are right |
CA | It's going to be rougher than a gut. Look at that stuff laying there on the runway |
[apparent power decrease] | |
FO | Get that thing off the ground. He is leaving a smoke screen for you, just to make it a little challenging |
TWR | 621 cleared to land on runway 32 |
RDO-FO | 621 |
CA | My IFR approach here unknown. Heh, heh, heh |
FO | Here we have a green. The VASIS appear to be a little bit high but you are low on the glide path |
FO | Takes a whole airfield that way |
CA | Yeah |
CA | Okay |
[apparent power reduction] | |
CA | No. No. No |
FO | Sorry, of sorry, Pete! |
[apparent power increase] | |
[noise of impact] | |
FO | Sorry Pete! |
CA | Okay |
CA | We have lost our power |
[exclamation] | |
TWR | Air Canada 621. Check you on the overshoot and you can contact departure on 199 or do you wish to come in for a mile on 5 right |
CA | We'll go around. I think we are all right |
RDO FO | Roger. We are go all the way (around) |
TWR | Okay contact departure |
FO | Roger 199 |
CA | Get the gear up please, Don |
[sound of horn] | |
FO | What about the flap |
CA | Flap 25 |
FO | Sorry. What was (unintelligible) |
SO | Number 4 generator is gone |
CA | Okay, get the cross-feed off first (though). Good (unintelligible) |
CA | Will you give the approach a call? |
[Sound of middle marker signal] | |
RDO-FO | Toronto Approach Control. Air Canada 621 is overshooting on 32. |
DEP | Air Canada 621 confirm on the overhoot |
RDO-FO | Affirmative |
DEP | Okay, sir. Your intentions please. |
RDO-FO | Roger. We would like to circle back for anothr attempt on 32. |
DEP | Okay. Runway is closed. Debris on the runway. Twenty three left - it is probably about the best. The wind is northwest about 10 to 15. Turn right heading 070 3000 feet. |
RDO-FO | Right 070 roger 3000 |
DEP | Roger 621 |
CA | We've lost number 4 engine |
FO | Have we? |
CA | (unintelligible) |
SO | Fuel |
SO | Fuel |
CA | Aye? |
SO | Fuel |
CA | Is it? |
FO | Yes |
CA | Okay, cut number 4 |
?O | Number 4 engine |
CA | Yes |
FO | Number 3 engine |
CA | Number 4 |
FO | Number 4, right. |
CA | Number 3 is jammed, too |
FO | Is it? |
CA | There it is. |
CA | The whole thing is jammed. |
[crackling noise] | |
FO | What was that? |
FO | What happened there, Peter? |
CA | That't number 4 (unintelligible) Something's happened (unintelligible) |
FO | Oh, look, we've got a (unintelligible). |
[loud sound of explosion] | |
FO | Pete, sorry. |
[louder sound of explosion] | |
CA | All right. |
DEP | 621. The status of your aircraft, please. |
[sound of metal tearing] | |
CA | We've got an explosion |
FO | Oh look, we've got (unintelligible) flame |
FO | Oh, gosh |
?? | We've lost a wing |
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