<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1681120, August 2019

Air carrier crew reported a pressurization problem on departure; resulting in a return to the departure airport and an overweight landing.

Attributes
ACN	1681120
Time
Date	201908
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization System
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Due to aircraft vent avionics system fault (lack of pressurization); we returned to ZZZ resulting in an overweight landing. Always have the return or plan of action in the secondary flight plan; it really benefited us to be ready tonight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier crew reported a pressurization problem on departure; resulting in a return to the departure airport and an overweight landing.

Narrative: Due to aircraft vent avionics system fault (lack of pressurization); we returned to ZZZ resulting in an overweight landing. Always have the return or plan of action in the secondary flight plan; it really benefited us to be ready tonight.

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.