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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-724 · Omaha, NE · May 18, 2003

Date
May 18, 2003 · 15:40 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N14704
Reported as
Boeing 737724
People aboard
129
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) Continental airlines flight 1834 was enroute from phoenix, ax., to newark, NJ., when the right engine pressurization system failed. The aircraft diverted into Omaha, NE., and landed without incident. Prior to this incident, on a flight from ama to hou, the left engine pressurization and air conditioning (pac) system failed. Maintenance was performed but the system failed during taxi for departure. The left pac was deferred per MEL. While enroute phx to ewr the right engine pressurization failed, and the oxygen masks deployed in the cabin. After landing in Omaha, company mechanics inspected the aircraft and the aircraft was ferried back to the cala maintenance base in houston, TX. Company maintenance replaced both cabin pressure controllers and the high stage valve and regulator.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 1834 WAS ENROUTE FROM PHOENIX, AX., TO NEWARK, NJ., WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED INTO OMAHA, NE., AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, ON A FLIGHT FROM AMA TO HOU, THE LEFT ENGINE PRESSURIZATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (PAC) SYSTEM FAILED. MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED BUT THE SYSTEM FAILED DURING TAXI FOR DEPARTURE. THE LEFT PAC WAS DEFERRED PER MEL. WHILE ENROUTE PHX TO EWR THE RIGHT ENGINE PRESSURIZATION FAILED, AND THE OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED IN THE CABIN. AFTER LANDING IN OMAHA, COMPANY MECHANICS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO THE CALA MAINTENANCE BASE IN HOUSTON, TX. COMPANY MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLERS AND THE HIGH STAGE VALVE AND REGULATOR.

Other reports on N14704 · 3

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