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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3H4 · Omaha, NE · June 12, 2010

Date
June 12, 2010 · 02:25 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N636WN
Reported as
Boeing 737-3H4
Reported engine
CFM International CFM-56
People aboard
86
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft was in cruise flight at flight level 370 when "cabin altitude warning" horn sounded. Cabin was at 10,000 feet and was unable to restore cabin altitude. Maximum cabin altitude was 12,000 feet. Emergency descent initiated with manual control. No other abnormal indications other than cabin altitude warning horn.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 370 WHEN "CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING" HORN SOUNDED. CABIN WAS AT 10,000 FEET AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE CABIN ALTITUDE. MAXIMUM CABIN ALTITUDE WAS 12,000 FEET. EMERGENCY DESCENT INITIATED WITH MANUAL CONTROL. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS OTHER THAN CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING HORN.