Mesa CRJ9 near Phoenix on Jun 28th 2021, bleed air and pressurization problem

Last Update: June 29, 2021 / 18:49:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
AA-5996

Departure
Phoenix, United States

Destination
Eugene, United States

Aircraft Registration
N905J

Aircraft Type
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ9

A Mesa Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N905J performing flight AA-5996 from Phoenix,AZ to Eugene,OR (USA) with 79 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through FL270 out of Phoenix when the crew donned their oxygen masks, declared emergency and initiated a rapid descent to 10,000 feet reporting a bleed air problem with one of the engines (CF34) and pressurization issues. The aircraft returned to Phoenix for a safe landing on runway 08 about 50 minutes after departure.

A replacement CRJ-900 registration N947LR reached Eugene with a delay of 5:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Phoenix about 21 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
AA-5996

Departure
Phoenix, United States

Destination
Eugene, United States

Aircraft Registration
N905J

Aircraft Type
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ9

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