# SDR DLL13953489

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 23, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N781DL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N781DL), registered now
- Make and model: Lkheed 10113851
- Aircraft serial: 193A1003
- System (JASC): [5312 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5312)
- Part: Blkhd Angle
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Aft Press Dome
- Stage of operation: CL
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DLL13953489

## Discrepancy

RAPID DEPRESSURIZATION 33,000 FEET, SOURCE UNKNOWN.  LOUD BANG, UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF PRESSURIZATION.  ABLE TO HOLD CABIN ALTITUDE TO 7,000 AT A/C ALTITUDE OF 14,000, RETURNED TO LAX.  FOUND AFT PRESSURE P-DOME CHORD ANGLE THAT ATTACHED P-DOME TO FUSELAGE STRUCTURE FRACTURED BETWEEN STRINGER NR 10 AND NR 55.  CRACK LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET, UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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