
By Murray Sherriffs
• 2 minutes 45 seconds: Flight crew lowers landing gear.
• 2 minutes 22 seconds: Flight crew checks in with LaGuardia air-traffic control.
• 2 minutes 27 seconds: LGA tower clears the airplane to land on Runway 4 and advises that they are second in line for landing.
• 1 minute 52 seconds: Flight crew sets flaps to 30º.
• 1 minute 33 seconds: Flight crew sets flaps to 45º.
• 1 minute 26 seconds: Electronic “1,000” callout (indicate aircraft 1,000 feet above the tarmac).
• 1 minute 12 seconds: Flight crew confirms landing checklist complete.
• 1 minute 3 seconds: Airport vehicle makes a radio transmission to the tower, but that transmission is blocked by another radio transmission by an unidentified source.
• 54 seconds: Flight crew acknowledges airplane 500 feet above the tarmac; stable approach.
• 40 seconds: Tower asks which vehicle needs to cross a runway.
• 28 seconds: Truck 1 makes a radio transmission to the tower.
• 26 seconds: Tower acknowledges that radio transmission.
• 25 seconds: Truck 1 requests to cross Runway 4.
• 20 seconds: Tower clears Truck 1 to cross Runway 4.
• 19 seconds: Electronic “100” callout (indicates aircraft is 100 feet above the tarmac).
• 17 seconds: Truck 1 reads back runway crossing clearance.
• 14 seconds: Electronic “50” callout.
• 12 seconds: Electronic “30” callout.
• 12 seconds: Tower instructs a Frontier Airlines flight to hold position.
• 11 seconds: Electronic “20” callout
• 10 seconds: Electronic “10” callout.
• 9 seconds: Tower instructs Truck 1 to stop.
• 8 seconds: Sound of aircraft landing gear touching down heard.
• 6 seconds: Pilot transfers controls from one pilot to the other.
• 4 seconds: Tower again instructs Truck 1 to stop.
• 0 seconds: Recording ends.