ACFT EQUIP PROB IN A NIGHT OP.
Synopsis
ACFT EQUIP PROB IN A NIGHT OP.
Narrative
DEPARTED PHX ON OR ABOUT DEC/XX/94 AT XA35 PST. DEP CTL VECTORED MY ACFT S OF PHX TO INTERCEPT THE VICTOR AIRWAY TO GBN. AFTER LEVELING AT 4000 FT MSL; DEP ASSIGNED ME ON A HDG OF 180 DEGS AND CLB TO 5000 FT MSL. REACHING 4600 FT MSL; DEP ASSIGNED ME ON A 210 DEG VECTOR AND 6000 FT. PRIOR TO REACHING 5000 FT I LOST CABIN PRESSURIZATION AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF BOTH MY ENG DRIVEN ALTERNATORS. (NOTE: PASSING 4000 FT MSL I WAS IN IMC AND IN MODERATE TURB.) UPON RESETTING/REGAINING THE R ENG GENERATOR I TURNED TO CHK ON ONE OF MY PAX OF WHOM I KNEW HAD A SINUS COLD. THE PAX REPLIED THAT SHE WAS OK AND I RETURNED TO FLYING THE ACFT; LEVELING AT 6000 FT ON A 210 DEG HDG. PRESSURIZATION WAS NEVER REGAINED AS I WAS CLRED TO 10000 FT AND THE FLT CONTINUED TO YUMA WHERE THE L ENG GENERATOR WAS REGAINED THEN EVENTUALLY LOST BOTH DISCREPANCIES WERE LATER SQUAWKED AND CORRECTED. LESSONS LEARNED: 1) FLY THE ACFT FIRST AND FOREMOST. TURNING AROUND IN IMC/TURBULENT CONDITIONS I COULD'VE PLACED THE ACFT IN EXTREMIS/UNUSUAL ATTITUDE. 2) DEAL FIRST WITH THE ABNORMALITY/CASUALTY SINUS PAIR/DAMAGE ISN'T AS SEVERE AS CRASHING AN ACFT. 3) TAKE YOUR TIME AND BE METHODICAL. 4) ALWAYS REMEMBER THE BASIC RULES -- AVIATE; NAV; COMMUNICATE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.