As they climbed through only 11;500 ft MSL the flight crew of a dhc-8 were alerted by a cabin press ...

Attributes
ACN	1072201
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 93 Flight Crew Total 2865
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After passing through 11;500 [ft] MSL in our climb the cabin press warning light came on. We immediately executed an emergency descent to 10;000 ft; and after advising departure of our need to immediately come down to 10;000 [ft]; I chose to declare an emergency to get that altitude. We ran the appropriate checklists while circling and the cabin pressurization issue was resolved. I contacted dispatch before proceeding on to our destination; and after verifying we had enough fuel for the flight to continue at a different altitude (10;000 ft); we continued the flight uninterrupted to our destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: As they climbed through only 11;500 FT MSL the flight crew of a DHC-8 were alerted by a CABIN PRESS warning light. They declared and emergency; descended to 10;000 FT MSL; resolved their problem and continued to their destination after verifying sufficient fuel on board to do so.

Narrative: After passing through 11;500 [FT] MSL in our climb the CABIN PRESS warning light came on. We immediately executed an emergency descent to 10;000 FT; and after advising Departure of our need to immediately come down to 10;000 [FT]; I chose to declare an emergency to get that altitude. We ran the appropriate checklists while circling and the cabin pressurization issue was resolved. I contacted Dispatch before proceeding on to our destination; and after verifying we had enough fuel for the flight to continue at a different altitude (10;000 FT); we continued the flight uninterrupted to our destination.

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.

As they climbed through only 11;500 ft MSL the flight crew of a dhc-8 were alerted by a cabin press warning light. They declared and emergency; descended to 10;000 ft MSL; resolved their problem and continued to their destination after verifying sufficient fuel on board to do so.