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A B767-300 captain faced with multiple system anomalies responded by manually pointing the airplane at the airport and landing safely.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 900271 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pressurization Control System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
I turned off auto pilot when we started decent; cabin altitude did not go higher than 8;000. We leveled at 16;000 saw cabin press normal and showing rate 300 down; put auto pilot on so I could unload. Selected heading and aircraft started to turn away from heading so auto pilot off hand fly. Unable to give aircraft to first officer as his instruments became unreliable. Fly the aircraft land as soon as possible; first officer doing check lists. I have had the odd EICAS message; seen instruments fail; auto pilots inoperative; auto press system fail but never all at the same time like we had. The volume of items was overwhelming . Fly the plane land safe that is what we did. At the gate we briefed a flight manager and local chief pilot and maintenance. The mechanic said he was going to save the long list of messages that he pulled up on EICAS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 Captain faced with multiple system anomalies responded by manually pointing the airplane at the airport and landing safely.
Narrative: I turned off auto pilot when we started decent; cabin altitude did not go higher than 8;000. We leveled at 16;000 saw cabin press normal and showing rate 300 down; put auto pilot on so I could unload. Selected heading and aircraft started to turn away from heading so auto pilot off hand fly. Unable to give aircraft to First Officer as his instruments became unreliable. Fly the aircraft land ASAP; First Officer doing check lists. I have had the odd EICAS message; seen instruments fail; auto pilots inoperative; auto press system fail but never all at the same time like we had. The volume of items was overwhelming . Fly the plane land safe that is what we did. At the gate we briefed a Flight Manager and Local Chief Pilot and Maintenance. The mechanic said he was going to save the long list of messages that he pulled up on EICAS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.