A TBM700 pilot lost pressurization and descended to a safe altitude.

Attributes
ACN	832495
Time
Date	200904
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	TBM 700/TBM 850
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization System
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 250
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Normal cruise flight at FL260 with center; sudden complete pressurization failure. Put on quick donning oxygen masks; notified center we had lost pressurization and were starting a steep descent to 12;000 ft. Received clearance to lower altitude but; because of noise in cabin; not positive that clearance was received prior to vacating altitude. Descended to 12;000 ft and continued flight to destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TBM700 pilot lost pressurization and descended to a safe altitude.

Narrative: Normal cruise flight at FL260 with Center; sudden complete pressurization failure. Put on quick donning oxygen masks; notified Center we had lost pressurization and were starting a steep descent to 12;000 FT. Received clearance to lower altitude but; because of noise in cabin; not positive that clearance was received prior to vacating altitude. Descended to 12;000 FT and continued flight to destination.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.