What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On March 8, 2000 at approxiamately 1150 PST while departing las enroute to fch during inital climbout, crew indentified the cabin was not pressurizing normally and was climbing with the aircraft. Crew elected to return to las for precautionary landing. Troubleshooting revealed a "b" nut was disconnected on the venturi sense line for the flow control valva and venturi and in intermittent K2 relay on pcbi on the squat switch relay panel that prevented the safety valve from closing. All discrepancies were corrected and ground functional check completed successfully. Malfunction/defect report submitted by operator.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 8, 2000 AT APPROXIAMATELY 1150 PST WHILE DEPARTING LAS ENROUTE TO FCH DURING INITAL CLIMBOUT, CREW INDENTIFIED THE CABIN WAS NOT PRESSURIZING NORMALLY AND WAS CLIMBING WITH THE AIRCRAFT. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO LAS FOR PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A "B" NUT WAS DISCONNECTED ON THE VENTURI SENSE LINE FOR THE FLOW CONTROL VALVA AND VENTURI AND IN INTERMITTENT K2 RELAY ON PCBI ON THE SQUAT SWITCH RELAY PANEL THAT PREVENTED THE SAFETY VALVE FROM CLOSING. ALL DISCREPANCIES WERE CORRECTED AND GROUND FUNCTIONAL CHECK COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT SUBMITTED BY OPERATOR.
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