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Attributes | |
ACN | 1507586 |
Time | |
Date | 201712 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | IMC |
Light | Dusk |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | B737-700 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Parked |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Air Conditioning and Pressurization Pack |
Person 1 | |
Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 454 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Upon arriving at the gate (field elevation 2872 ft) flight attendant (flight attendant) notified captain that forward door was hard to open. Check of pressure controller revealed 50 ft had been incorrectly entered as land altitude. Captain and first officer (first officer) elected to set mode selector to man and slowly open the outflow valve to relieve pressure. Passengers and crew deplaned without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported that the pressure controller had been improperly set for the airport elevation.
Narrative: Upon arriving at the gate (field elevation 2872 ft) FA (Flight Attendant) notified Captain that forward door was hard to open. Check of pressure controller revealed 50 ft had been incorrectly entered as LAND ALT. Captain and FO (First Officer) elected to set mode selector to MAN and slowly OPEN the outflow valve to relieve pressure. Passengers and Crew deplaned without incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.