<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1687343, September 2019

B757 captain reported a problem controlling cabin pressure; which resulted in a return to the departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	1687343
Time
Date	201909
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization System
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 168 Flight Crew Total 5329 Flight Crew Type 291
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

Enroute we had a pressurization problem; ran the checklist. We couldn't get control of the cabin so we donned the masks and requested priority handling and returned to ZZZ.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Captain reported a problem controlling cabin pressure; which resulted in a return to the departure airport.

Narrative: Enroute we had a pressurization problem; ran the checklist. We couldn't get control of the cabin so we donned the masks and requested priority handling and returned to ZZZ.

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.