An A300 lost pressurization. The flight crew declared an emergency and returned to land.

Attributes
ACN	321362
Time
Date	199511
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zkc airport : tul
State Reference	KS
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 37000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	321362
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After a maintenance heavy C check aircraft was being ferried to jfk for revenue service. After takeoff a strong bleed air smell was detected all throughout the flight. Also a strong vibration was felt with slats extended which abated in the climb to FL370. When passing FL330 the safety valve on ECAM indicated open which resulted in a rapid loss of cabin pressure. An emergency descent was accomplished without incident. An emergency was declared with ATC with a return to tulsa.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A300 LOST PRESSURIZATION. THE FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND.

Narrative: AFTER A MAINT HVY C CHK ACFT WAS BEING FERRIED TO JFK FOR REVENUE SVC. AFTER TKOF A STRONG BLEED AIR SMELL WAS DETECTED ALL THROUGHOUT THE FLT. ALSO A STRONG VIBRATION WAS FELT WITH SLATS EXTENDED WHICH ABATED IN THE CLB TO FL370. WHEN PASSING FL330 THE SAFETY VALVE ON ECAM INDICATED OPEN WHICH RESULTED IN A RAPID LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE. AN EMER DSCNT WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH ATC WITH A RETURN TO TULSA.

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.