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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV · Atlanta, GA · October 12, 2016

Date
October 12, 2016 · 09:36 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N5GF
Reported as
Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce TAY-611SER
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,010 total1,970 in this make and model62 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 N5GF departed peachtree-dekalb airport (pdk) at 0936 local on a part 91 flight to Colorado springs municipal airport (cso). A normal departure and climb to altitude was observed until passing FL400. A loud thud was heard by both pilots behind the pilot's instrument panel. Next there was a loud hissing sound, this all occurred within 30 minutes of this flight. Pressurization was checked and it indicated an altitude of 6,300 feet, which is normal. Once the aircraft reached FL410THER cabin altitude began to climb at 700-1000/minute. O2 masks were donned and the pilots immediately requested a descent due to a gradual loss of pressurization. An emergency was declared and asked to return to pdk through memphis center. A descent to 10,000 MSL was accomplished and the pilots began to perform the normal and emergency checklist procedures per the Gulfstream quick reference handbook. The aircraft landed at pdk with no further incidence.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N5GF DEPARTED PEACHTREE-DEKALB AIRPORT (PDK) AT 0936 LOCAL ON A PART 91 FLIGHT TO COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CSO). A NORMAL DEPARTURE AND CLIMB TO ALTITUDE WAS OBSERVED UNTIL PASSING FL400. A LOUD THUD WAS HEARD BY BOTH PILOTS BEHIND THE PILOT'S INSTRUMENT PANEL. NEXT THERE WAS A LOUD HISSING SOUND, THIS ALL OCCURRED WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THIS FLIGHT. PRESSURIZATION WAS CHECKED AND IT INDICATED AN ALTITUDE OF 6,300 FEET, WHICH IS NORMAL. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT REACHED FL410THER CABIN ALTITUDE BEGAN TO CLIMB AT 700-1000/MINUTE. O2 MASKS WERE DONNED AND THE PILOTS IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED A DESCENT DUE TO A GRADUAL LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND ASKED TO RETURN TO PDK THROUGH MEMPHIS CENTER. A DESCENT TO 10,000 MSL WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE PILOTS BEGAN TO PERFORM THE NORMAL AND EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURES PER THE GULFSTREAM QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PDK WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENCE.