Engineering Disaster of TWA Flight 800

60-61. Appendix AUnit Conversions1 in = 2.54 cm1 ft = 30.5 cm1 mi. = 5280 ft = 1.61 km1 lb. = 4.45 N1 lb. = 453.6 g1 cm = 0.394 in1 m = 39.4 in = 3.28 ft1 km = 0.621 mi.F = (9/5) C + 32C = (5/9)(F – 32)Appendix BCockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) source: (AV&ST, 15/12/97,p31)The National Transportation Safety Board was able to recover the Fairchild Model A – 100 cockpit voice recorder from TWA Flight 800’s wreckage. It yielded more than 31 min. of good quality audio, despite an extremely distorted exterior and a wet tape. The recording started at 7:59:40 p.m. EDT while the aircraft was at the departure gate, and stopped when electricity was interrupted at 8:31:12 p.m. The latter portion of the NTSM transcript is reproduced here, starting while the aircraft is climbing through 8,000 ft. There did not appear to be anything relevant to the accident before that.The crew refers to cross feed at 20:25:59, and notes unusual fuel flow readings on the No. 4 engine at 2029:15RDO: Radio transmission from accident aircraft.CAM: Cockpit Area Microphone sound or source:1. Voice identified as Captain (left seat).2. Voice identified as First Officer (right seat).3. Voice identified as Second Officer.4. Voice identified as Instructor Flight Engineer.?. Voice unidentified.CTR: Boston ARTCC Controller (center)FIC: TWA Flight Information Controller.*Unintelligible word; () Questionable text; (()) Editorial insertionNote: All times are expressed in Eastern Daylight Saving time. Only radio transmissions to and from the accident aircraft were transcribed.2024:41.7 RDO-2 Now York center TWA’s lifeguard eight hundred heavy eight thousand two hundred climbing one one thousand.2024:48 CTR Twa eight hundred Boston center roger climb and maintain one three thousand.2024:53.4 RDO-2 TWA’s eight hundred heavy climb and maintain one three thousand.2024:57 CAM-1 climb and maintain one three t...