# Incident 20031226034969I: Israel GALAXY, Kansas City, MO, December 26, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2003, 13:37 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81TT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL GALAXY
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031226034969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT FL390, FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED (AND FELT) THE CABIN ALITTUDE INCREASING. THE CREW INITIATED AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC, AND NOTIFIED THEM IT WAS NECESSARY TO DESCEND. ATC ISSUED A 20 DEGREE HEADING CHANGE; HOWEVER, N81TT'S RATE OF DESCENT WAS GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED, AND A LOSS OF IFR SEPARATION OCCURRED WITH ANOTHER ACFT (2.8 NM AND 1,100 FEET). AFTER CABIN PRESSURE STABILIZED AT APPROXIMATELY 7,800 FEET, THE CREW REQUESTED A CLEARANCE TO LINCOLN, NE. A TELEPHONE CALL WAS ALSO MADE TO A SERVICE CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN (MSP). THE FLIGHT WAS THEN RE-ROUTED TO MSP. AN INSPECTION FOUND THAT A FLEX COUPLING HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ECS PLENUM, AND THE PART WAS REPLACED. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION.

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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