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A beech 300 climbing through FL310 lost cabin pressure and made an emergency descent to 12000 ft. Diverted to ZZZ. No emergency declared.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 599249 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200311 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level cruise : enroute altitude change |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 92 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2400 |
| ASRS Report | 599249 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : cabin pressure indication other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Climbing through FL310, aircraft lost pressurization, crew conducted an emergency descent in VMC to 12000 ft MSL and returned to ZZZ for landing. ZZZ1 center received our ife and 7700 squawk during the descent. Communications maintained with ZZZ1 during emergency descent. No further emergency situation caused and no emergency was declared and continued with another controling agency. Aircraft landed las vegas XA53Z and no further complications were incurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BEECH 300 CLBING THROUGH FL310 LOST CABIN PRESSURE AND MADE AN EMER DSCNT TO 12000 FT. DIVERTED TO ZZZ. NO EMER DECLARED.
Narrative: CLBING THROUGH FL310, ACFT LOST PRESSURIZATION, CREW CONDUCTED AN EMER DSCNT IN VMC TO 12000 FT MSL AND RETURNED TO ZZZ FOR LNDG. ZZZ1 CTR RECEIVED OUR IFE AND 7700 SQUAWK DURING THE DSCNT. COMS MAINTAINED WITH ZZZ1 DURING EMER DSCNT. NO FURTHER EMER SIT CAUSED AND NO EMER WAS DECLARED AND CONTINUED WITH ANOTHER CTLING AGENCY. ACFT LANDED LAS VEGAS XA53Z AND NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE INCURRED.
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.