Crj flight crew experiences a duct failure climbing through FL220 causing the pressurization to fail...

Attributes
ACN	1012537
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic Ducting
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

Narrative:

Passing FL220 for FL230 we received a right bleed duct red warning message. Within a few seconds the entire pressurization failed and the cabin reached 9;500 ft. We conducted our immediate action items and declared an emergency and we started our emergency descent to 10;000 ft. After completing the QRH and asking for a return; I contacted our flight attendants to inform them of our situation and that we would be returning. I also told them that they did not need to take any extra precautions; but to prepare for our return and gave them the time we had left in flight. I took the time we had to call my dispatcher and maintenance to inform them of our emergency and they both agreed that we should return. I also contacted operations to inform them of our return. Still under our same emergency at 10;000 ft we encountered a bird at about 300 KTS on captain's front windscreen. We also had an overweight landing of 78;750 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ flight crew experiences a duct failure climbing through FL220 causing the pressurization to fail. An emergency is declared and descent initiated for return to the departure airport. The cabin does not exceed 9;500 FT. While level at 10;000 FT and 300 KTS a bird strike occurs.

Narrative: Passing FL220 for FL230 we received a right bleed duct red warning message. Within a few seconds the entire pressurization failed and the cabin reached 9;500 FT. We conducted our immediate action items and declared an emergency and we started our emergency descent to 10;000 FT. After completing the QRH and asking for a return; I contacted our flight attendants to inform them of our situation and that we would be returning. I also told them that they did not need to take any extra precautions; but to prepare for our return and gave them the time we had left in flight. I took the time we had to call my Dispatcher and Maintenance to inform them of our emergency and they both agreed that we should return. I also contacted operations to inform them of our return. Still under our same emergency at 10;000 FT we encountered a bird at about 300 KTS on Captain's front windscreen. We also had an overweight landing of 78;750 LBS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Crj flight crew experiences a duct failure climbing through FL220 causing the pressurization to fail. An emergency is declared and descent initiated for return to the departure airport. The cabin does not exceed 9;500 ft. While level at 10;000 ft and 300 KTS a bird strike occurs.