Pilot sees Boat Leaving Crash Site

SUBJECT: TAPE TRANSCRIPT - TWA 800 INCIDENT. - JULY 17,1996

IDENTITY: FRANCIS S. GABRESKI ATCT, WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY (FOK)

 

Time                       Identity                  Transcript

00:32:32                JOLLY 14 :            TOWER JOLLY 14 WE’VE GOT A PLANE - LOOKS HERE

(+1 min.)                                                LIKE A PLANE GOJNG IN THE WATER SOUTH OF THE FIELD.

00:57:37                N776                      776 TEN-MILES OUT OF THE AIRFIELD INBOUND.

(+26 min.)

                                Tower                     AIRCRAFT CALLING TEN MILES OUT SAY AGAIN.

                                N776                      SKYHAWK 776 WE JUST SAW SOMETHING BURNING IN THE

OCEAN HERE ABOUT EXACTLY ELEVEN MILES OUT SOUTH

OF THE AIRFIELD - UM AT 037 DEGREES FROM

WESTHAMPTON BEACH AIRPORT.

01:03:02                N776

(+32 min.)

TOWER                 776 IN SIGHT, CHECK WHEELS DOWN RUNWAY 24, CLEARED

                                                                TO LAND, NUMBER ONE, WIND CALM.

N776                      776 CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 24.

01:05:45                N776                      776 I DON’T KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS

(+35 min.)                                             ABOUT THIS THING OUT THERE BUT *** THERE’S

SOMETHING BURNING AND WHAT’S INTERESTING IS THERE

WAS A BOAT LEAVING IT *** TO THE WESTERLY DIRECTION.

 

The FAA Aircraft database shows the following information on N776:

 

Ricky C. Raesz

2290 W. Hicks Rd.

Forth Worth, TX 76131

 

Attempts to find Mr. Raesz have been unsuccessful.Anyone with information about 

Mr. Raesz should Contact ARAP.