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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · New Orleans, LA · February 4, 1994

Date: February 4, 1994 · 18:40 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CALA
Aircraft: N806
Reported as: Doug DC982
People aboard: 15
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 161 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: Continental airlines reported that the auto mode of the cabin temperature controller right pack malfunctioned to the full hot position and shut down. The flow light came on and the cabin pressurization began to climb. The captain made an emergency descent to 10,000 feet. The aircraft made a normal landing at New Orleans international airport. The aircraft was returned to service in accordance with the maintenance procedures for Continental airlines. A malfunction or defect report will follow.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES REPORTED THAT THE AUTO MODE OF THE CABIN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER RIGHT PACK MALFUNCTIONED TO THE FULL HOT POSITION AND SHUT DOWN. THE FLOW LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION BEGAN TO CLIMB. THE CAPTAIN MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES FOR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL FOLLOW.