1998-12 · NASA ASRS report 423103
A DC9-30 IN CLB AT 15000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE AND RPTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. CAUSE OF PRESSURE LOSS UNKNOWN.
ON INITIAL CLBOUT AT APPROX 15000 FT; THE CABIN PRESSURE MASTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED; CABIN CLB RATE WAS PEGGED OUT; FOLLOWED BY THE CABIN OXYGEN LIGHT AND THE CABIN OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYING. ENG AND WING ANTI-ICE WERE ON AND I SECURED BOTH. THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND ASKED FOR AN UPDATE AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER INFORMED US THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE CABIN. DECLARED AN EMER AND SHOT AN ILS TO RWY 3L IN DTW. NO PAX EVAC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE CAUSE OF THE PRESSURE LOSS IS UNKNOWN AS NO FOLLOW-UP WAS MADE BY THE RPTR. THE RPTR SAID ALL THE EMER SYS; MASK DEPLOYMENT; AND PAX OXYGEN WORKED OK. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR ACN 423323 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE CAUSE OF THE CABIN PRESSURE LOSS WAS NOT KNOWN AS THE RPTR DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH MAINT ON THE CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE RPTR SAID THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN THE OXYGEN GENERATORS THAT WERE USED. THE RPTR STATED THAT ON THE GND NO SOURCE OF THE SMOKE COULD BE DETERMINED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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