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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3Y0 · Sacramento, CA · July 11, 2001

Date
July 11, 2001 · 06:45 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Sacramento Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Aircraft
N682SW
Reported as
Boeing 7373Y0
Reported engine
GE CFM563B1
People aboard
26
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.

(-23) Aircraft was at FL350 approx 20 minutes, when the cabin warning sounded, cabin altitude was at 11,000 feet and climbing. Crew initiated descent. Cabin altitude continued to climb to approximately 20,000 feet. Passenger oxygen deployed. Crew noticed right pressurization pack duct pressure showed zero pressure. Aircraft unable to hold cabin pressure on one pack and there was a loud pressurization squeal during descent at the forward entry door. Swa found right engine prsov valve inop. Aircraft was maintenance ferried to phx where the right engine prsov valve was replaced, two bleed lines were replaced and the outflow valve was replaced. Forward entry door seal was reseated. Aircraft was ops checked and returned to service. Closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS AT FL350 APPROX 20 MINUTES, WHEN THE CABIN WARNING SOUNDED, CABIN ALTITUDE WAS AT 11,000 FEET AND CLIMBING. CREW INITIATED DESCENT. CABIN ALTITUDE CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 20,000 FEET. PASSENGER OXYGEN DEPLOYED. CREW NOTICED RIGHT PRESSURIZATION PACK DUCT PRESSURE SHOWED ZERO PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO HOLD CABIN PRESSURE ON ONE PACK AND THERE WAS A LOUD PRESSURIZATION SQUEAL DURING DESCENT AT THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR. SWA FOUND RIGHT ENGINE PRSOV VALVE INOP. AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTENANCE FERRIED TO PHX WHERE THE RIGHT ENGINE PRSOV VALVE WAS REPLACED, TWO BLEED LINES WERE REPLACED AND THE OUTFLOW VALVE WAS REPLACED. FORWARD ENTRY DOOR SEAL WAS RESEATED. AIRCRAFT WAS OPS CHECKED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. CLOSED.