AA5916 - Incident: Piedmont E145 enroute on Aug 10th 2023

A Piedmont Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N922AE performing flight AA-5916 from Charlotte,NC to Gainesville,FL (USA) with 48 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute at FL300 about 200nm north of Gainesville when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet due to the loss of cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks were released. The aircraft continued to Gainesville for a safe landing about 45 minutes later.

The airline reported an indication of a pressurization issue.

The aircraft performed the return flight climbing to 10,000 feet maximum and reached Charlotte with a delay of 5:15 hours, then performed another sector AA-5944 to Roanoke,VA (USA) climbing to 9,000 feet maximum. The aircraft is still on the ground in Roanoke about 31 hours after landing there.