Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
July 10, 2021
Submitted
July 12, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N817AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1373
Aircraft time
65,065 hours, 29,269 cycles
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Leaking
Location
Main Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, G, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AT 39,000 FT THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED THE CABIN ALTITUDE STARTING TO CLIMB, SUBSEQUENTLY CREW STARTED A DESCENT. AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURIZATION AT FL 370, PRESSURE PAGE APPEARED, CREW NOTED BOTH PACKS IN AMBER WITH CABIN PRESSURE RISING FAST. AT APPROXIMATELY 15,000 FT THE CABIN ALTITUDE REACHED THE POINT AT WHICH THE MASK WERE DEPLOYED. DURING THE HIGH SPEED DESCENT (325 KIAS) THE L2 DOOR BECAME UNSTOWED AND A L2 DOOR ALERT APPEARED ON THE ECAM PAGE, CREW PULLED SPEED BACK AND ALERT WENT AWAY. ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE OXYGEN MASK FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMOKE AN FUMES IN THE CABIN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MEM WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. (OPEN)

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