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An MD80 aircraft flying several days with only one pack operating experienced rapid decompression; and the oxygen masks failed to deploy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 757670 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200709 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 8 flight attendant time total : 8 flight attendant time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 757670 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Situations | |
| Publication | MEL Not Adequate |
Narrative:
O2 decompression due to air conditioning being deferred for several days prior to incident for air packs. Only went with 1 good air pack. Condensation was horrible which led to grey smoke in vents prior to losing only air pack. This plane had multiple problems; not including air mask did not drop during rapid decompression. Should not have traveled this far and back with only 1 air pack.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 ACFT FLYING SEVERAL DAYS WITH ONLY ONE PACK OPERATING EXPERIENCED RAPID DECOMPRESSION; AND THE OXYGEN MASKS FAILED TO DEPLOY.
Narrative: O2 DECOMPRESSION DUE TO AIR CONDITIONING BEING DEFERRED FOR SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT FOR AIR PACKS. ONLY WENT WITH 1 GOOD AIR PACK. CONDENSATION WAS HORRIBLE WHICH LED TO GREY SMOKE IN VENTS PRIOR TO LOSING ONLY AIR PACK. THIS PLANE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS; NOT INCLUDING AIR MASK DID NOT DROP DURING RAPID DECOMPRESSION. SHOULD NOT HAVE TRAVELED THIS FAR AND BACK WITH ONLY 1 AIR PACK.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.