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Federal Aviation 

Administration 

Memorandum 

Date: January 30, 2009 

To: Aircraft Accident File N90-TRACON-0122 

From: LaGuardia Airport Traffic Control Tower 

Subject: INFORMATION: Full Transcript 

 Aircraft Accident, AWE1549 

 New York, NY, January 15, 2009 

 

This transcription covers the LaGuardia Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) CD 

CD position for the time period from January 15, 2009, 2005 UTC, to January 15, 

2009, 2016 UTC. 

 Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations

 

 AMR AMERICAN EAGLE, INC. (DALLAS/FT. 

 WORTH, TX), EGF4716 EGF4716 

 LaGuardua ATCT Clearance Delivery CD 

 PROVENCE AERO SERVICE, RPA3475 RPA3475 

 AMERICA WEST AIRLINES (TEMPE, AZ), 

 AWE1549 AWE1549 

 VPBDJ VPBDJ 

 

I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded 

conversations pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving AWE1549. 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Lai 

Staff Support Specialist 

LaGuardia ATCT 

 

2005 

2006 

2007 

2007:40 EGF4716 clearance eagle flight forty seven sixteen 

 

 

2007:44 CD eagle forty seven sixteen laguardia clearance 

 

 

2007:45 EGF4716 yes sir we have information papa squawking two six one 

 zero we have the laguardia two departure ah with left 

 turn ah three six zero off of ah four 

 

 
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2007:57 CD forty seven sixteen read back is correct ground point 

 seven take care 

 

 

2008:00 EGF4716 good day 

 

 

2008:49 RPA3475 clearance brickyard ah thirty four seventy five columbus 

 with papa 

 

 

2008:56 CD brickyard thirty four seventy five laguardia clearance 

 cleared to columbus via laguardia two departure runway 

 four except turn left heading three six zero vectors to 

 eliot then as filed maintain five thousand expect flight 

 level three two zero one zero minutes after departure 

 new york departure is on one two four point four squawk 

 two six five zero 

 

 

2009:17 RPA3475 cleared to columbus laguardia two runway four left turn 

 three sixty radar vector eliot ah as file five thousand 

 thirty ten ten minutes ah twenty point four squawking 

 two six five zero brickyard thirty four seventy five 

 

 

2009:29 CD brickyard thirty four seventy five your read back 

 correct ground point seven have a good day sir 

 

 

2009:33 RPA3475 good day 

2010 

 

2010:41 AWE1549 cactus fifteen forty nine is ah squawking seven one 

 three four and we’re ah runway four three sixty at five 

 thousand 

 

 

2010:49 CD (unintelligible) fifteen forty nine laguardia clearance 

 read back correct ground point seven verify information 

 papa 

 

 

2010:54 AWE1549 we have papa thank you cactus ah fifteen forty nine 

 

 

2010:57 CD ground point seven 

2011 

2012 

2013 

2013:41 VPBDJ clearance boeing victor papa bravo delta juliet to west 

 palm beach with information papa 

 

 

2013:46 CD victor papa bravo delta juliet laguardia clearance looks 

 like you’re calling minutes or two early ah clearance on 
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 request 

2014 

 

2014:41 CD and victor papa bravo delta juliet ready to copy 

 

 

2014:45 VPBDJ yes sir 

 

 

2014:46 CD cleared west palm beach via laguardia two departure 

 runway four except turn left to initial heading of three 

 six zero radar vectors to white then as filed maintain 

 five thousand expect flight level three six zero one 

 zero minutes after departures new york departure 

 frequency is on one two zero point four squawk two six 

 five five and the a t i s is papa 

 

 

2015:05 VPBDJ sir we have papa (unintelligible) laguardia two 

 departure departing runway four except turn left heading 

 three six zero ah vectors to white as file maintain five 

 three six oh ten after one twenty point four squawk two 

 six five five v d j 

 

 

2015:22 CD and victor papa bravo delta juliet read back's correct 

 grounds point seven take care 

 

 

2015:25 VPBDJ take care 

2016 

 

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