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Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft made an emergency descent after losing aircraft pressurization at high altitude cruise.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 245669 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fgt |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 24000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zmp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zmp |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 15700 flight time type : 8700 |
| ASRS Report | 245669 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Cabin pressure loss, emergency declared. Rapid descent from FL240 to 10000 ft. Squawked 7700. To the best of my knowledge, all procedures and notifications were complied with.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG ACR ACFT MADE AN EMER DSCNT AFTER LOSING ACFT PRESSURIZATION AT HIGH ALT CRUISE.
Narrative: CABIN PRESSURE LOSS, EMER DECLARED. RAPID DSCNT FROM FL240 TO 10000 FT. SQUAWKED 7700. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, ALL PROCS AND NOTIFICATIONS WERE COMPLIED WITH.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.