An MD83 crew lost pressurization climbing through 10000 ft.

Attributes
ACN	648987
Time
Date	200503
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 10400
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	648987
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	648997
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : cabin altitude warning
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Climbing through approximately 10400 ft off of ZZZ; the cabin altitude warning illuminated and warning horn sounded. Declared an emergency and descended back to 10000 ft. Accomplished appropriate QRH procedure. Contacted dispatch for fuel burn at 10000 ft. Continued flight in manual pressurization at 10000 ft. Remainder of flight uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD83 CREW LOST PRESSURIZATION CLBING THROUGH 10000 FT.

Narrative: CLBING THROUGH APPROX 10400 FT OFF OF ZZZ; THE CABIN ALT WARNING ILLUMINATED AND WARNING HORN SOUNDED. DECLARED AN EMER AND DSNDED BACK TO 10000 FT. ACCOMPLISHED APPROPRIATE QRH PROC. CONTACTED DISPATCH FOR FUEL BURN AT 10000 FT. CONTINUED FLT IN MANUAL PRESSURIZATION AT 10000 FT. REMAINDER OF FLT UNEVENTFUL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.