The text quoted below is reproduced precisely as it appeared in the NTSB report.

Pilot:  "And ah, center, centurion six five three niner papa, i got a little problem here."

Controller: "Go ahead."

Pilot:  "And six five three niner papa got an engine ah lost cabin pressure altitude, ah, failure, got to descend."

Controller: "November three niner papa, you say you're havin' engine trouble or just cabin pressure problem?"

Pilot: "...I've got engine trouble and cabin pressure problem."

Controller: "Okay london airport is ah, at four o'clock and sixteen miles -- ah be the closest one there and just let me know what you want to do."

The pilot then requested a vector to the airport, and the controller responded: "turn right to a heading of one four zero," which the pilot acknowledged.

Controller:  "Weather at london is saying overcast at ah five hundred -- do you still wanna try to get there?"

Pilot: "...stand by sir, i've got to, i've got to get oxygen on here, i'm"

Controller: "...roger and ah, are you making any engine power at all?"

Pilot: "Six five three niner papa, yes sir, showing manifold pressure of ah one five, fifteen inches sounds good, ah, i've got fuel flows of...one hundred pounds per hour. ah i think i probably lost the turbo charger, i've got really not a big difference in engine sound ah but um ah let me get a little lower here. ah can you give gimme that vector again please?"

The controller responded that the pilot needed to turn to heading 150, and the airport was 17 miles away. The pilot acknowledged the heading, and stated: "we got oxygen on here."

Controller:  "Ceiling was 500 feet.  Bluegrass Airport was six hundred feet so i'm not seeing anywhere closer that might be any better."

Pilot: "Six five three niner papa, i will ah factor that in sir. i'm going to continue in the turn here and assess the situation and ah, i'll be calling you back here shortly."

Controller: "Okay, just ah, let me know. there is some g-p-s approaches in to london. there is a v-o-r approach that comes in from the southwest," which the pilot acknowledged.

Pilot: "...could you look, ah, for some, ah better ah landing conditions ah, to the north?"

The controller responded that Louisville International Airport was 3,400 overcast, and that the heading would be 340 or 330.

Controller: "and ah we'll get a mileage away from that if you want to start turning to a three three zero heading we'll get you a clearance to louisville international."

Pilot: "...right turn to heading three three zero, just to keep you advised we're at seventeen inches of manifold pressure now at this lower altitude. looks like the turbo charger problem, engine seems healthy."

The controller cleared the pilot to Louisville, with a heading of 310 degrees, which the pilot acknowledged. The pilot then asked for the "designator" for Louisville, which the controller provided.

Pilot:  "Six five three niner papa, we're declaring an emergency. i've got low oil pressure. i need the closest airport."

Controller:  "And november three niner papa, we've got madison airport at ah north, heading three six zero heading and ah, about ah --- one seven miles."

Pilot:  "Six five three niner papa, we're we're settin' up for that -- and i'm gonna pull power here. i've got ah -- low as i said low oil pressure."

Controller: "November five three niner papa, roger, can you change frequency now? i can give you Lexington approach. that's in their airspace, they can help you out," and the pilot responded "six five three niner papa give it to me."

Pilot:  "Lexington approach, centurion six five three niner papa with an emergency."

Controller: "November three niner papa, lexington approach, roger. lexington altimeter three zero one five. what approach do you want at richmond madison?"

Pilot:  "i can't figure that out. give me the designator for this uh emergency landing airport."

Controller: "...the closest airport um in your vicinity is about one zero miles north of your position about one five miles north of your position richmond madison airport."

Controller: "Centurion uh three niner papa, at pilot's discretion, descend and maintain three thousand two hundred."

Pilot: "Six five three niner papa p-d uh (unintelligible) i need some help here sir. i need these i need somebody to compute up for me a vertical descent profile to get me in. i'm about to lose my engine and uh i need somebody to be figuring out my current altitude and distance to the airport if you could please and give me a descent profile. i, i need to expect that i'm going to lose complete power here at any time. i'm at this point, i'm still maintaining a hundred and fifty knots on the airspeed ah but i'm going to have to try to level here to conserve that altitude and get my glideslope."

Controller: november three niner papa, roger, your position is one two miles south of the richmond madison airport and i'm showing you at one twelve thousand, three hundred feet, twelve thousand three hundred feet.

Pilot: We got engine failure in progress here. uh, okay, give me a vector sir."

The controller advised the pilot to fly heading 010 for the airport, which the pilot acknowledged, as well as, "we're setting up for maximum glide."

Controller: "Say number of souls on board.

Pilot: "one."

Pilot: "The engine's coming apart sir.  Sir, can i get somebody, i'm gonna get oil all over the windshield here. i need somebody to be giving me a vertical descent profile for this airport...,"

Controller: "November three niner papa, you are five miles from the airport. you're still at uh ten thousand six hundred."

Pilot: "Okay, six five three niner papa, i'm going to get over that (unintelligible) airport and circle down. i'm getting oil on the windshield," and the controller responded: "roger, i'll advise when you're over the airport sir."

Controller: "...are you i-m-c?"

Pilot: "...no sir, but i'm about to be."

Controller: "november three niner papa, if uh able, you may be able to pick up an (unintelligible) interstate highway seventy five, just off to your right about one mile."

Pilot:  "...how far to the airport sir?"

Controller: ". . . you are 4 miles to the south of it, at 9,800 feet.

Pilot:   "i'm about to enter the cloud layer here. i'm going to be needing to make some ovals on east west headings uh, to uh, make this descent through the clouds. do you have a ceiling at that airport? can you give me anything about the weather there?"

Controller: "...we'll see if we can get the awos weather for ya.  you're a half mile south of the airport now."

Pilot: "six five three niner papa, got total, complete engine failure, uh, and we're going to be setting up. i, i need some kind of a plan here for uh this descent in there. i'm showing seven thousand two hundred, uh, i'm gonna make a left turn here and uh, i'm right over the airport now."

Controller: November three niner papa, affirmative. you're directly over the airport and if you just circle uh, in that area for your descent i'm showing you at seven thousand two hundred."

Pilot:  "six five three niner papa, did you get me a ceiling at that airport?" and the controller responded "we're working on it. they do not have a awos frequency we're, we'll try and call somebody over at the airport..."

During that timeframe, controllers were making calls to attempt to get the pilot current weather conditions at Madison County Airport.

Pilot: "...appreciate that help sir, could you tell me about the terrain down there below the cloud deck?"

The controller responded that there were antennas about 5 miles to the south of the airport, but if the stayed directly above the airport, he should be fine there.

The pilot asked if he was over mountainous terrain or relatively flat terrain

Controller: "i believe it's fairly flat."

Controller:  "...weather at bluegrass [airport] is six hundred overcast, visibility eight, and altimeter three zero one five."

Pilot:  "...doesn't sound good."

At 1143:12, the controller asked the pilot how much fuel he had onboard, and the pilot responded that he had 400 pounds.

At 1143:29, the pilot requested the direction of the runway at Madison County, and the controller responded: "one eight and three six," which the pilot acknowledged.

Pilot of another aircraft:  "...the pilot in distress, there's an interstate going just east of that madison i-thirty nine airport. there's a big, long interstate going just east of that airport, probably not even a half a mile that interstate runs north south runs north south of the uh, parallel to the airport and the runway is also north and south."

Controller: "november three niner papa the uh, interstate there is uh runs along a north and south line too, if, uh, when you break out you don't have the airport its just a half mile east of the airport north south."

Pilot:  "gotcha"

Controller: "centurion three niner pap is uh on half mile west of the airport now and i show your altitude at two thousand six hundred. lexington altimeter three zero one five."

Pilot: "five three niner papa. yes sir, we're having a lot of difficulties maintaining control of the airplane at this and it's i-m-c..."

Controller:  "centurion three niner pap is one mile west of the airport.  the equipment is standing by."

Controller: "centurion three niner papa, radar contact is lost."

Pilot: "five three niner."

Controller: "say again please," but there were no further transmissions from the airplane.

NTSB Report