20020320006969I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-32 · Bloomington-Nor, IL · March 20, 2002

Date
March 20, 2002 · 08:15 local
Place
Bloomington-Nor, IL
Airport
Bloomington-Normal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ZZDA
Aircraft
N837AT
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
67
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)privacy data omitted after takeoff and climb, the aircraft experienced a pressurization "bump" and one of the cabin attendants informed the crew of a sound coming from the empennage area. The crew declared an emergency and returned to bmi where an uneventful landing was made. Atl maintenance was dispatched to bmi where they found a seal blown out on the distribution duct for the right pack and a hose that had become disconnected from a duct on the left pack. Maintenance resecured the hose on the left pack duct and place the right pack on MEL. The aircraft was later dispatched on a reposition flight to atl where repairs were made to the right pack. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AFTER TAKEOFF AND CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PRESSURIZATION "BUMP" AND ONE OF THE CABIN ATTENDANTS INFORMED THE CREW OF A SOUND COMING FROM THE EMPENNAGE AREA. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO BMI WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. ATL MAINTENANCE WAS DISPATCHED TO BMI WHERE THEY FOUND A SEAL BLOWN OUT ON THE DISTRIBUTION DUCT FOR THE RIGHT PACK AND A HOSE THAT HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM A DUCT ON THE LEFT PACK. MAINTENANCE RESECURED THE HOSE ON THE LEFT PACK DUCT AND PLACE THE RIGHT PACK ON MEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER DISPATCHED ON A REPOSITION FLIGHT TO ATL WHERE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE RIGHT PACK. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

Other reports on N837AT · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.