A crj-900 pressurization control failed at FL290. An emergency was declared with a return to land at...

Attributes
ACN	837171
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization Control System
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 137 Flight Crew Total 5800 Flight Crew Type 5237
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Conducted an emergency descent after losing control of cabin pressurization at FL290. Returned to our departure airport and landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-900 pressurization control failed at FL290. An emergency was declared with a return to land at the departure airport.

Narrative: Conducted an emergency descent after losing control of cabin pressurization at FL290. Returned to our departure airport and landed without incident.

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.

A crj-900 pressurization control failed at FL290. An emergency was declared with a return to land at the departure airport.