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Flight crew of a B737-400 experienced a decrease in the left pack pressurization system, but continued to destination after the right system was able to hold the required cabin pressure and after conferring with company maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 372159 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rsw |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : rsw artcc : zdv |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 372159 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 8200 |
| ASRS Report | 372160 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After departure rsw-clt, observed left pneumatic pressure decreased. Aircraft pressurized normally from right system. Notified dispatch via ACARS. Continued climb to FL250, proceeded to clt. Uneventful flight and landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B737-400 EXPERIENCED A DECREASE IN THE L PACK PRESSURIZATION SYS, BUT CONTINUED TO DEST AFTER THE R SYS WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE REQUIRED CABIN PRESSURE AND AFTER CONFERRING WITH COMPANY MAINT.
Narrative: AFTER DEP RSW-CLT, OBSERVED L PNEUMATIC PRESSURE DECREASED. ACFT PRESSURIZED NORMALLY FROM R SYS. NOTIFIED DISPATCH VIA ACARS. CONTINUED CLB TO FL250, PROCEEDED TO CLT. UNEVENTFUL FLT AND LNDG.
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.