# Incident 19840310022409I: Boeing 72723, Dallas, TX, March 10, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1984, 13:41 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas/Ft Worth
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1993 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84IA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840310022409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAPID DECOMPRESSION AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. FOUND FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN FORWARD OF THE AFT CARGO DOOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW84IA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA160), Mar 10, 1984: Boeing 727-23 (N1993), Dfw Airport, TX, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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