A DC10-10 IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF RPTED BEING UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE THE CABIN CAUSED BY A CTR ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT DOOR OPEN. FLT CONTINUED AT LOW ALT.

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ACR ACFT XYZ DEPARTED ZZZ WITH THE CTR ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT DOOR LEFT OPEN BY MISTAKE. AFTER THE DEP CALL BACK BY THE CREW; THE CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON TO ABC AT A REDUCED FLT ALT DUE TO ACFT PRESSURIZATION PROBS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOOR. 1) THE CTR ACCESSORY DOOR BEING UNNOTICED AS 'OPEN' BY THE CREW WAS TRACED TO A BROKEN GND TERMINAL ON THE DOOR WARNING SWITCH. 2) THE INABILITY TO CONTACT THE AIRPLANE TO REQUEST A RETURN TO GATE BY VHF RADIO BY THE RAMP OPS FOLKS IS A MATTER BEING ADDRESSED BY MGMNT AS THIS IS WRITTEN. 3) THIS AIRPLANE; AND ITS OTHER ACR SISTER SHIPS; HAS BEEN IN SVC ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD AND THE 'WEIRD' ITEMS ARE APPEARING AND DISAPPEARING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MAINT SYS WITH THESE AIRPLANES. THE CONTINUING AND SEEMINGLY INTERRELATED MAINT PROBS WITH AIRPLANE XYZ HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MAINT MGMNT'S ATTN. A BRIEF MAINT REVIEW SHOWS STABILIZER TRIM WARNING; CAC DOOR WARNING; CARGO DOOR CTL PWR; CREW OXYGEN INDICATION; LAVATORY FLUSH MOTOR CTL; AND CSD INDICATION PROBS APPEAR INTERRELATED AND ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY SVC BULLETIN SB XXW CORRECT COMPLIANCE (OR) B1-339 RCCB INTERMITTENT OP. A MAINT PLANNING MEETING HAS BEEN PENDING ON THIS AIRPLANE TO 'VERIFY' SVC BULLETIN COMPLIANCE SINCE NOV/XA/99. THE CONCEPT OF A DOOR LEFT OPEN FOR FLT IS ABHORRENT; BUT THE SYS TO GUARD AGAINST THIS POSSIBILITY WAS NOT WORKING.