What happened
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On December 18, 1996, at 1707 EDT, a Boeing B727-214, N785AT registered to comerica leasing corporation, and operated by American trans air, inc., departed from chicago midway airport, chicago, Illinois (mdw) to sarasota airport, sarasota, Florida (srq). During climb out, the aircraft cabin pressurization could not be held with single pack operation. The pilot diverted to Indianapolis, Indiana (ind) and landed with out further incident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an IFR flight plan was filed. Maintenance personnel removed and replaced the heat exchanger, the flow multiplier and shut-off valve, and the water separator bags. A cabin decay test was performed and the apu/ecs conditioning monitoring was complied with per the maintenance manual and no leaks were noted during the test. This incident is considered closed.
As the FAA filed it
ON DECEMBER 18, 1996, AT 1707 EDT, A BOEING B727-214, N785AT REGISTERED TO COMERICA LEASING CORPORATION, AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN TRANS AIR, INC., DEPARTED FROM CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (MDW) TO SARASOTA AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FLORIDA (SRQ). DURING CLIMB OUT, THE AIRCRAFT CABIN PRESSURIZATION COULD NOT BE HELD WITH SINGLE PACK OPERATION. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (IND) AND LANDED WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVED AND REPLACED THE HEAT EXCHANGER, THE FLOW MULTIPLIER AND SHUT-OFF VALVE, AND THE WATER SEPARATOR BAGS. A CABIN DECAY TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THE APU/ECS CONDITIONING MONITORING WAS COMPLIED WITH PER THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND NO LEAKS WERE NOTED DURING THE TEST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.
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