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An air carrier advanced model medium large transport returns lands when flight crew is unable to pressurize the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 166381 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199012 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 9000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : intermediate altitude landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 166381 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 166379 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Unable to pressurize aircraft after takeoff. Leveled off below 10000', completed checklist and returned to airport. Ramp worked found aft cargo door slightly open. Aft cargo door warning light in cockpit indicated closed. Inspection of aft cargo door warning system showed an intermittent fault. Aft cargo door was inspected and closed. Flight continued west/O incident. No bags were reported missing. The advanced medium large transport aircraft has had reported problems with aft cargo door warning system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR ADVANCED MODEL MLG RETURNS LANDS WHEN FLT CREW IS UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE THE ACFT.
Narrative: UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE ACFT AFTER TKOF. LEVELED OFF BELOW 10000', COMPLETED CHKLIST AND RETURNED TO ARPT. RAMP WORKED FOUND AFT CARGO DOOR SLIGHTLY OPEN. AFT CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT IN COCKPIT INDICATED CLOSED. INSPECTION OF AFT CARGO DOOR WARNING SYS SHOWED AN INTERMITTENT FAULT. AFT CARGO DOOR WAS INSPECTED AND CLOSED. FLT CONTINUED W/O INCIDENT. NO BAGS WERE RPTED MISSING. THE ADVANCED MLG ACFT HAS HAD RPTED PROBS WITH AFT CARGO DOOR WARNING SYS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.