19990726024329I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug MD88 · Little Rock, AR · July 26, 1999

Date: July 26, 1999 · 09:30 local
Place: Little Rock, AR
Airport: Adams Field
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: DALA
Aircraft: N971DL
Reported as: Doug MD88
People aboard: 123
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

While enroute cvg to lit at 35,000 feet the left ac pack overheated and tripped off line. Flight crew noticed cabin altitude climbing and started a descent. Then the right pack tripped off line and an emergency was declared and a steep descent was initiated. Crew donned oxygen masks and pax masks deployed automatically. All masks functioned properly. There were no injuries and no passengers reported any problems. Note: kenneth starr was one of the passengers. Contract maintenance inspected the aircraft and approved the aircraft for ferry flight to atl.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ENROUTE CVG TO LIT AT 35,000 FEET THE LEFT AC PACK OVERHEATED AND TRIPPED OFF LINE. FLIGHT CREW NOTICED CABIN ALTITUDE CLIMBING AND STARTED A DESCENT. THEN THE RIGHT PACK TRIPPED OFF LINE AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND A STEEP DESCENT WAS INITIATED. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND PAX MASKS DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY. ALL MASKS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO PASSENGERS REPORTED ANY PROBLEMS. NOTE: KENNETH STARR WAS ONE OF THE PASSENGERS. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND APPROVED THE AIRCRAFT FOR FERRY FLIGHT TO ATL.