# Incident 20080304832739I: Airbus A319114, March 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2008
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Aircraft: N333NB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333NB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-114 (registry code 3930350, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319114
- People aboard: 115
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080304832739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NORTHWEST 1184 DEPARTED DETROIT (DTW) FOR HOUSTON (IAH) WITH TWO ITEMS DEFERRED UNDER THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST (MEL). THE TWO ITEMS WERE THE NUMBER 2 PACK AND THE NUMBER 1 HIGH PRESSURE VALVE (HPV). DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED FEELING A "SUDDEN, EXTREMELY ABRUPT AND LARGE CHANGE IN PRESSURIZATION CAUSING OUR EARS TO POP DEEPLY AND ABRUPTLY." THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT A 2,000 FOOT PER MINUTE DESCENT RATE IN CABIN PRESSURE WAS OBSERVED ON THE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS. THE PRESSURE CHANGE INDICATION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A "PRV-SOLENOID" MESSAGE ON THE ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITOR (ECAM) SYSTEM. IN ADDITION TO THE EAR DISCOMFORT REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, ONE PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF EAR PAIN, ONE PASSENGER (A CHILD) EXPERIENCED SUDDEN PROJECTILE VOMITING, AND ONE PASSENGER HAD A "GUSHING NOSE BLEED - WITHOUT WARNING." THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ITS DESTINATION AND WAS MET AT THE GATE BY PARAMEDICS, AND THE PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

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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