B737 first officer reported that the pressure controller had been improperly set for the airport ele...

Attributes
ACN	1507586
Time
Date	201712
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air Conditioning and Pressurization Pack
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 454
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Upon arriving at the gate (field elevation 2872 ft) flight attendant (flight attendant) notified captain that forward door was hard to open. Check of pressure controller revealed 50 ft had been incorrectly entered as land altitude. Captain and first officer (first officer) elected to set mode selector to man and slowly open the outflow valve to relieve pressure. Passengers and crew deplaned without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reported that the pressure controller had been improperly set for the airport elevation.

Narrative: Upon arriving at the gate (field elevation 2872 ft) FA (Flight Attendant) notified Captain that forward door was hard to open. Check of pressure controller revealed 50 ft had been incorrectly entered as LAND ALT. Captain and FO (First Officer) elected to set mode selector to MAN and slowly OPEN the outflow valve to relieve pressure. Passengers and Crew deplaned without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

B737 first officer reported that the pressure controller had been improperly set for the airport elevation.