Service difficulty report · Unknown · Lkheed 382G

Difficulty date
May 11, 2007
Submitted
June 7, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lkheed 382G
Aircraft time
38,368 hours
Engine
Allsn 501D22A
Propeller
Hamstd 54H60117
Part
Unknown
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
38,990 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) AT FL220 APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES FROM DESTINATION THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. THE CREW DESCENDED TO 10,000 AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE SOURCE OF THE PRESSURIZATION TO BE A CRACK MIDWAY IN THE RT EDGE OF THE UPPER CARGO. (TC NR 20070514001)