<< >> NASA ASRS Report 880051, March 2010

CE500 captain experiences cabin pressurization failure passing FL300 during climb. An emergency is declared and flight descends to 10000 feet and continues to destination.

Attributes
ACN	880051
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation I (C500)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 4800
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

During climb near FL300; the cabin rapidly depressurized. An emergency descent was initiated and ATC was advised and an emergency was declared. Memory items were performed and the emergency checklist was followed. The descent continued with advisories from ATC. Upon reaching 10;000 feet; the emergency was cancelled and we continued to land under radar advisories. We landed without incident and swapped to a different aircraft; and the mission was completed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE500 Captain experiences cabin pressurization failure passing FL300 during climb. An emergency is declared and flight descends to 10000 feet and continues to destination.

Narrative: During climb near FL300; the cabin rapidly depressurized. An emergency descent was initiated and ATC was advised and an emergency was declared. Memory items were performed and the emergency checklist was followed. The descent continued with advisories from ATC. Upon reaching 10;000 feet; the emergency was cancelled and we continued to land under radar advisories. We landed without incident and swapped to a different aircraft; and the mission was completed.

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.