# Incident 19980608027359I: Airbus A320232, Nashville, TN, June 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1998, 21:00 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N443UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N443UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-232 (registry code 3930326, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320232
- People aboard: 90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,250 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980608027359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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