# Incident 20141130021359I: Boeing 737-724, Houston, TX, November 30, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2014, 11:21 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39726, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-724 (registry code 13844BY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-724
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 7
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141130021359I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CLIMBING TO CRUISE ALTITUDE, AT FL330 THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURIZATION.  THE FLIGHT CREW ENACTED QRH PROCEDURES AND INITIATED A DESCENT.  THE CABIN ALTITUDE CLIMBED TO 17000 FEET AND THE PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY RETURNED TO IAH.  EMT?S MET THE FLIGHT AND FIVE PASSENGERS WERE PROVIDED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS (ROWS 7 & 8) FAILED TO DEPLOY AND ONE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT STATION MASK DEPLOYED BUT FELL TO THE GROUND AND WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE O2 SOURCE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE.

## Other reports on N39726 (1)

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

- [Incident 20000920021579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920021579I), Sep 20, 2000: Boeing 737724 (N39726), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. (-23) During a preflight inspection, the crew discovered the a/c had been struck by birds the previous night flying from houston, TX. To Omaha, NE as flight…

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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