# Incident 19990726024329I: Doug MD88, Little Rock, AR, July 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1999, 09:30 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N971DL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD88
- People aboard: 123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990726024329I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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