Service difficulty report · Controller · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
December 15, 2013
Submitted
December 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N664UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29236
Aircraft time
54,720 hours, 14,206 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Controller
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIR RETURN DUE TO A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, CABIN ALTITUDE EICAS. FLIGHT WAS AT FL360, THEN DESCENDED TO FL100 AFTER THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER AUTO 1 FAILED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. DURING DESCENT, FLIGHT MAINTAINED FL100 CABIN ALTITUDE. IT WAS NOT A RAPID DESCENT & MASKS DID NOT DEPLOY.