# Incident 19971024035279I: Boeing 737*, Kansas City, MO, October 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1997, 20:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202DA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737*
- People aboard: 76
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024035279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 10/24/97 DELTA AIRLINES ,INC., (DALA) FLIGHT 1222 DEPARTED MCI ENROUTE TO SLC. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE AT 30,000 FEET. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO MCI AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. TROUBLE SHOOTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY DALA MAINTENANCE. A RUPTURED BOOT SEAL AT THE APU P-DOME PRESSURE DUCT WAS FOUND TO BE THE PROBLEM. THE SEAL WAS REPLACED BY DALA MAINTENANCE AND PRESSURIZATION CHECKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED TO 6 PSI. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT (CE98IGO0010) IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE FILING OF THIS REPORT. (PTRS CE059805779).

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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