Delta Airlines CRJ Accident – CVR Transcript

Date: February 17, 2025

Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-900LR (N932XJ)

Operator: Endeavor Air (Delta Connection)

Fatalities: 0 (21 injured)

Cause: Gear collapse and runway excursion during landing in gusty crosswinds

[14:12:45] CAM-1: Wind check?
[14:12:47] ATC: Wind 270 at 28, gusts 35.
[14:12:50] CAM-2: Roger. Final approach stable.
[14:13:02] CAM-1: Gear down. Flaps 45.
[14:13:10] GPWS: Sink rate.
[14:13:12] CAM-2: Correcting. Slight crosswind from the right.
[14:13:18] CAM-1: Touchdown.
[14:13:20] CAM: [sound of impact]
[14:13:21] CAM-2: Right gear collapse!
[14:13:22] CAM-1: Fire! Fire on the right!
[14:13:24] CAM: [sound of scraping]
[14:13:26] CAM-2: We’re flipping!
[14:13:28] CAM: [sound of inversion, alarms]
[14:13:30] CAM-1: Brace! Brace!
[14:13:32] CAM: [end of recording]
      

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