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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-232 · Nashville, TN · June 8, 1998

Date
June 8, 1998 · 21:00 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Airport
Nashville International Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N443UA
Reported as
Airbus A320232
People aboard
90
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,250 total1,800 in this make and model142 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.

Aircraft loss pressuization while enroute from ewr to lax. PIC declared an emergency. Aircraft was diverted to bna where it landed without incident. Flight crew reported # 2 pressure controller failed and #1 pressure controller did not pick up the system. Two flight crew members, 4 cabin crew members and 84 passengers were onboard. Five passengers were treated at the scene for breathing difficulties. One passengers was transported to the hospital were he was treated and released. The Nashville FSDO was not notified of the incident until after the aircraft and air crew had left Nashville. Corrective action for the maintenance problem was replaced both outflow valves and cabin pressure controllers.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOSS PRESSUIZATION WHILE ENROUTE FROM EWR TO LAX. PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO BNA WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED # 2 PRESSURE CONTROLLER FAILED AND #1 PRESSURE CONTROLLER DID NOT PICK UP THE SYSTEM. TWO FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS, 4 CABIN CREW MEMBERS AND 84 PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD. FIVE PASSENGERS WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR BREATHING DIFFICULTIES. ONE PASSENGERS WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE NASHVILLE FSDO WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT UNTIL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT AND AIR CREW HAD LEFT NASHVILLE. CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE MAINTENANCE PROBLEM WAS REPLACED BOTH OUTFLOW VALVES AND CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLERS.