Narrative:

Unable to control pressurization in automatic or manual on climb out through FL180. Cabin climbed no higher than 7000 ft cabin altitude. Returned to ord, landed overweight at 157500 pounds with 300 FPM descent rate. Landing was smooth. Declared an emergency for overweight landing.

Google
 

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW IS UNABLE TO CTL CABIN PRESSURIZATION ON CLBOUT. DECLARE EMER. RETURN TO DEP ARPT AND LAND OVERWT.

Narrative: UNABLE TO CTL PRESSURIZATION IN AUTO OR MANUAL ON CLBOUT THROUGH FL180. CABIN CLBED NO HIGHER THAN 7000 FT CABIN ALT. RETURNED TO ORD, LANDED OVERWT AT 157500 LBS WITH 300 FPM DSCNT RATE. LNDG WAS SMOOTH. DECLARED AN EMER FOR OVERWT LNDG.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.