A dc-9 flight crew descended promptly and diverted when the cabin pressurization failed.

Attributes
ACN	945123
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization System
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 350
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Aircrew received cabin pressure warning at approximately 14;500 ft MSL. Aircrew immediately began descent to 10;000 ft MSL with ARTCC coordination. After unsuccessful restoration of cabin pressure aircrew elected to divert. Landing was uneventful. There were no conflicts or deviations with ATC and an emergency was not declared.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC-9 flight crew descended promptly and diverted when the cabin pressurization failed.

Narrative: Aircrew received cabin pressure warning at approximately 14;500 FT MSL. Aircrew immediately began descent to 10;000 FT MSL with ARTCC coordination. After unsuccessful restoration of cabin pressure aircrew elected to divert. Landing was uneventful. There were no conflicts or deviations with ATC and an emergency was not declared.

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.