F100, en-route, northwest of Goroka Papua New Guinea, 2020

F100, en-route, northwest of Goroka Papua New Guinea, 2020

Summary

On 18 March 2020, a Fokker 100 en-route to Port Moresby experienced a failure of the cabin pressurisation and air conditioning system due to a complete failure of the bleed air system. An emergency descent and a PAN were declared and a diversion to Madang completed. The Investigation noted unscheduled work on the bleed air system had occurred prior to the departure of the flight and that long running problems with this system had not been satisfactorily resolved until after the investigated occurrence when four malfunctioning components had finally been systematically identified and replaced.

Description

On 18 March 2020, a Fokker 100 (P2-ANF) being operated by Air Niugini was on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Boram to Port Moresby in day VMC when bleed air malfunctions were annunciated during the climb. Approaching FL300 enroute to an intended cruise altitude of FL350, a rapid rise in cabin altitude occurred and both bleed air systems failed prompting both pilots to don oxygen masks. As an Emergency Descent was commenced, the rapid rise in cabin altitude resulted in an Excessive Cabin Altitude Warning. A PAN was declared and taking account of terrain, a diversion to Madang was completed without further event.

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