AN LR31 CAPT RPTED THAT HE DISAGREED WITH HIS FO'S DECLARATION OF AN EMER WITH ZTL AFTER A PRESSURIZATION ANOMALY WAS DETECTED.

2003-11 · NASA ASRS report 600283

Date: 2003-11 · Aircraft: Learjet 31 · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

AN LR31 CAPT RPTED THAT HE DISAGREED WITH HIS FO'S DECLARATION OF AN EMER WITH ZTL AFTER A PRESSURIZATION ANOMALY WAS DETECTED.

Narrative

FLYING AT FL430; ENRTE TO DFW; THE CABIN WENT INTO EMER PRESSURIZATION. THE CABIN ALT WAS AT 6500 FT AND THEREFORE THERE WAS NO REASON FOR EMER PRESSURIZATION TO HAVE ACTIVATED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO TRY TO RESET THE R BLEED AIR; THEN BACK TO ON; AND THEN THE L BLEED AIR AND THEN BACK TO ON. THE SYS WOULD NOT RESET. WE ASKED ZTL FOR A LOWER ALT. CTR ASSIGNED FL330 AND WE STARTED OUR DSCNT. AT FL330; AND A CABIN ALT OF 4500 FT; WE MADE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO RESET THE BLEED AIR WITH NO SUCCESS. DUE TO THE NOISE LEVEL THAT EMER PRESSURIZATION CAUSES; AND IMPROPER USE OF ACFT INTERPHONE SYS; THE FO MISUNDERSTOOD MY INTENTIONS OF WANTING A LOWER ALT AND VECTORS TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT AS NEEDING PRIORITY HANDLING; AND ENDED UP DECLARING AN EMER. CTR GAVE US VECTORS AND DSCNT FOR CHA; TN. UPON REACHING 5000 FT MSL; WE TRIED TO RESET THE PRESSURIZATION ONE MORE TIME. THE SYS STILL WOULD NOT RESET. I ASKED THE FO FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE 'BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST' AND AT THAT TIME HE FOUND THAT THE 'EMER BLEED' CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED. HAVING BEEN IN A CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT; I CHOSE NOT TO RESET THE BREAKER. WE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON RWY 20 IN CHA. I BELIEVE THAT THE IMPROPER USE OF BOTH THE ACFT INTERPHONE SYS AND THE EMER AND ABNORMAL CHKLISTS LED TO PRIORITY HANDLING FOR A NON EMER EVENT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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