# N907DL: 1987 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2022-11-29 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: November 29, 2022 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88) (registry code 3023688) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 49538 - Year built: 1987 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: May 16, 1987 - Certificate issued: July 10, 2018 - Last registry action: April 20, 2021 - Mode S code: AC8983 - Owner when cancelled: [Delta Air Lines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DELTA%20AIR%20LINES%20INC) - Location: [Atlanta, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Atlanta) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 33.6604° N, 84.3865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 30354, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N907DL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=907DL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N907DL-2022-11-29 From the FAA registry file of November 3, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe. ADs and bulletins for the Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88.md ## Service difficulty reports (250, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DALA201911206774](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA201911206774), Nov 20, 2019: APU. CONTAMINATED. ON NWALK AROUND FOUND FLUID DRAIN OUT OF APU NON RAM DOORS, NOTICED ODOR OF BURNING OIL IN JETWAY AND COCKPIT. SHUT APU DOWN AND PACKS OFF, FLUID BACK FLOWING O - [SDR DALA2019111606732](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019111606732), Nov 16, 2019: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. OVER WING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP DURING SVC. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK PER MD-88 AMM 33-53-00. SYSTEMS CHECK NORMAL. (LP6658656) - [SDR DALA2019083005079](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019083005079), Jun 24, 2019: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. CARGO BIN 5 FLOOR DAMAGE NEAR ENTRY WAY. INSTALLED TEMP REPAIR IAW 53 05D SRM. - [SDR DALA2019051603073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019051603073), May 15, 2019: SWITCH. DEFECTIVE. CABIN ROWS 20 / 21 SEATS CDE MASKS DID NOT DEPLOY. REPLACED ROW 20 DE + ROW 21 DE LATCHING SWITCH PER AMM 35-20-00. DROP CHECK NEED TO BE DONE. PERFORMED DROP C - [SDR DALA2019051603072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019051603072), May 15, 2019: OUTFLOW VALVE. OBSTRUCTED. SHIP 907 - PRESSURIZATION - DECLARED EMERGENCY INTO MIA DUE TO LOSS OF AUTO PRESSURIZATION. MASKS DEPLOYED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MTC. FERRY TO ATL - ATL MAINTENAN - [SDR DALA2019032301881](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019032301881), Mar 23, 2019: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT 14D & 36D INOP. RELAMPED BOTH LIGHTS OPS CKS PER AMM 33-50. (LP3412955) - [SDR DALA2019030601488](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019030601488), Mar 3, 2019: WIRE. BURNED. AUTO GROUND SPOILER SYSTEM. WHILE T/S BURNED WIRES ON LOG 5845168 FOUND WIRE G508H24 BURNED IN HALF, REPAIRED WIRE PER WSPM CHAP 20 AND WDM 27-61 AUTOGORUND SPO - [SDR DALA2019030201365](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019030201365), Mar 1, 2019: LIGHT. SMOKE. FO MASTER CAUTION LIGHT EMITS SMOKE WHEN PUSHED & RELEASED. R/R FO'S MASTER CAUTION PER AMM 33-12. (LP5845151) - [SDR DALA2019011900376](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019011900376), Jan 18, 2019: A/C PACK. CONTAMINATED. STRONG ODOR LIKE CANDLE WAX ON CLIMB OUT, SMELL DISSIPATED. FA SAID STRONG SMELL COMING FROM TAIL SECTION WITH CLEAR LIQUID LEAKING. LEAKING STOPPED. RAINED LAS - [SDR DALA2019010500051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019010500051), Jan 4, 2019: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND CRACK/CORROSION ON BELLY SKIN OF AC JUST FWD OF WATER DRAIN, STA 595. REPAIRED PER ERA 574262-14 REV O. (LP5243398) - [SDR DALA2018111976675](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018111976675), Nov 17, 2018: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. FOUND ROW 10-12 CEILING OVERHEAD EMER LIGHTS OUT ON SVC. R+R ROW 10-12 CEILING LIGHT BATTERY PER MD AMM 33-50. OPS CHECK GOOD. (LP4755447) - [SDR DALA2018081305014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018081305014), Aug 12, 2018: DUCT. BLOWN. DIVERTED DUE TO A LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION DURING CLIMB, AFTER A TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES AND WITH LEFT - [SDR DALA2017122108784](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017122108784), Dec 21, 2017: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING BHEC/HFEC INSPECTIONS OF CENTER TANK LOWER SKIN REPAIR AREA PER PRI 563649-14AD REV 1 STEPS 7 AND 8 CRACK FOUND IN CENTER TANK LOWER FWD SKIN IN AND AROU - [SDR DALA2017121408597](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017121408597), Dec 13, 2017: BARREL NUT. CORRODED. BARREL NUT - RUSTY. AFT BARREL NUT ON UPPER AFT SPAR OF LH HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON INBOARD END REF. REPLACED HARDWARE REF; MD88 SRM 51-30-01, AND MD88 AMM 20-1 - [SDR DALA2017120808478](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017120808478), Dec 7, 2017: SPAR. CORRODED. BARREL NUT HOLE HAS CORROSION - HORIZONTAL STABILIZER-LEFT SIDE REAR SPAR AFT ATTACH BOLT HOLE. REPAIRED PER ER/A 563685-14AD. (LP# 0329725) - [SDR DALA2017090606673](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017090606673), Sep 6, 2017: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT (AFT) INOPERATIVE. R & R POWER SUPPLY BATTERIES IAW AMM 33-53. OPS CHECKED GOOD, ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. - [SDR DALA2017030501773](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017030501773), Mar 4, 2017: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE AT 13ED, 17ED AND 19ED. REPLACED THE LAMPS. CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 33-53. OK FOR SERVICE. - [SDR DALA2016123010146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016123010146), Dec 29, 2016: BATTERY PACK. ABNORMAL. LT & RT AUX EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERIES ON EMERGENCY POWER PACK B5-103. - [SDR DALA2016082906238](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016082906238), Aug 27, 2016: HYDRAULIC LINE. LEAKING. NR 2 HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO IN FLIGHT WITH HIGH HYDRAULIC QTY. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE REGAINED WITH THE AUXILIARY PUMP ON IAW CHECKLIST, QTY RETURNED TO NO - [SDR DALA2016061504604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016061504604), Jun 14, 2016: SENSOR. MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE ENROUTE FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO RT ENGINE HIGH OIL TEMP, THE ENGINE WAS NOT SHUTDOWN BUT AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE RAN ENGINE AND DUPLICATED T - [SDR DALA2016022901489](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016022901489), Feb 21, 2016: WIRE. UNSECURE. THE NR 2 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WENT TO 170 DEGREES C WITH AN ASSOCIATED RED WARNING LIGHT. THE OIL PRESSURE REMAINED WITHIN LIMITS. CREW SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGI - [SDR DALA2016020100793](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016020100793), Jan 31, 2016: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND 1R, 1L AND THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. BATTERY PACKS REPLACED. EMERGENCY LIGHTS CHECKED OK. - [SDR DALA2016011900441](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016011900441), Jan 16, 2016: FUSE. FAILED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE IN THE AFT CABIN ZONE. A BLOWN F1 FUSE WAS FOUND AND REPLACED IN THE AFT CABIN BATTERY PACK. ALSO, WIRE L962U - [SDR DALA1524180907](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1524180907), Dec 28, 2015: FUSE. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY SEAT ROW LIGHTING INOPERATIVE ROW 31 AND AFT RT SIDE. REPLACED FUSE ON BATTERY PACK. - [SDR DALA2015112807263](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112807263), Nov 27, 2015: FASTENER. NOT REPORTED. TWO FASTENERS ON ONE SIDE OF THE CUT LINE OF THE APB LOWER CHORD BETWEEN LONGERONS 26 LT AND 27 LT. FASTENERS WAS ATTENDED WITH ER/A 541554-14, REV ORIGINAL. RI - [SDR DALA2015112807262](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112807262), Nov 27, 2015: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. TWO FASTENERS ON ONE SIDE OF THE CUT LINE OF THE APB LOWER CHORD BETWEEN LONGERONS 26RT AND 27RT. CUT LINE OF THE APB LOWER CHORD BETWEEN LONGERONS 26RT AND 27R - [SDR DALA2015112407163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112407163), Nov 24, 2015: WEB. CRACKED. CRACK ON WEB BS 1437 PROJECTION LONGERON 10L AFT ACCESORY COMPARTMENT. WEB WAS REPAIRED BS 1437 IAW ER/A 519146-14, MA REV B. HFEC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED CRAC - [SDR DALA2015112407162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112407162), Nov 24, 2015: DOUBLER. CORRODED. CORROSION ON PRODUCTION DOUBLER BS 584 BETWEEN LONGERONS 28 - 29L. PRODUCTION DOUBLER WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 539957-14, REV ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, PANAMETRICS NDT35 - [SDR DALA2015112207137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112207137), Nov 21, 2015: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER DOOR JAMB BETWEEN BS 370 - 427 FWD CARGO COMP. LOWER DOOR JAMB BETWEEN BS Y=370-427 WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 44A AND ER/A 539923-14, R - [SDR DALA2015112107133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112107133), Nov 20, 2015: FRAME. WORN. WORN FRAME AT BS 218 BETWEEN LONGERONS 9RT AND 10RT. FRAME WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 539935-14 REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2015112007086](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112007086), Nov 19, 2015: PAN. CRACKED. CRACKED PAN ON MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR BETWEEN BEAMS 7 AND 8, BS 160. CRACK PAN ON MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR BETWEEN BEAM 7 AND 80 BS Y=160 WAS REPAIR IAW SRM 52-05D FIG 41 - [SDR DALA2015111907073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111907073), Nov 18, 2015: SKIN. WORN. WEAR ON PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER, UPPER SKIN, APPROXIMATELY XV2=299 ON OTBD VANE OF OTBD FLAP AT LT WING. REPAIR DOUBLER, UPPER SKIN APPROXIMATELY BS XV2=299 ON - [SDR DALA2015111907072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111907072), Nov 18, 2015: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT CARGO TRACK FROM BS 1007 TO 1155. THE CARGO TRACK WAS REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2015112007085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112007085), Nov 17, 2015: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT CARGO TRACK BETWEEN BS 645-769. THE CARGO TRACK WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-24-0D AND 53-05, FIG 4G. - [SDR DALA2015111807046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111807046), Nov 17, 2015: HEATER BLANKET. CORRODED. CORROSION POINTS ON RT HEATER BLANKET AT SETTLEMENT OF ACCESS COVER 1410C. CORROSION WAS ATTENDED IAW ER/A 539917-14AD, REV ORIGINAL. ACCESS PLATE 1410C ARE IS - [SDR DALA2015111807045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111807045), Nov 17, 2015: SKIN. DAMAGED. NICKS ON SKIN AT LT WING INBD FLAP BS XIFI=0.721 TO XW=4. 7. NICKS ON SKIN AT LT WING INBD FLAP WERE REPAIRED IAW SRM 57-01 AND 57-03, FIG 8. - [SDR DALA2015111807044](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111807044), Nov 17, 2015: VANE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SETTLEMENT AREA OF CLEVIS BS XV1= 158 ON INBD VANE OF OTBD FLAP RT WING. INBD VANE OF OTBD FLAP RT WING WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 27-51-03. - [SDR DALA2015111807043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111807043), Nov 17, 2015: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACK ON FRAME BS 1418 BETWEEN LONGERON 2LT TO 2RT. FRAME WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 2, 51-01, PAR 21, 51-30-5, 51-10-3, PAR 14/21, 51-30-2 AND DWG SR09530 - [SDR DALA2015111807042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111807042), Nov 17, 2015: RIB. CRACKED. CRACK ON RIB BS Y=989, X=4 AT KEEL BEEM INTERNAL STRUCTURE. RIB WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 2. - [SDR DALA2015111807032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111807032), Nov 17, 2015: FLOOR PANEL. DELAMINATED. DELAMINATED FLOOR PANEL 886C. FLOOR PANEL WAS FABRICATED IAW AMM 53-20-01-201. FLOOR PANEL WAS CLEANED. FLOOR PANEL REPLACED IAW DWG 9936639, REV P. - [SDR DALA2015111807031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111807031), Nov 17, 2015: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT TIE TRACK BETWEEN BS 1007 TO 1322 AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION TIE TRACKS WERE REPLACED IAW SRM 51-10-04 AND 51-30-2. - [SDR DALA2015111606975](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111606975), Nov 15, 2015: SKIN. WORN. WEAR ON LOWER SKIN APPROXIMATELY XIVIF =47 ON INBD VANE OF INBD FLAP AT RT WING. THE FLAP WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 57-03D, PAR II. - [SDR DALA2015111606974](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111606974), Nov 15, 2015: SKIN. DAMAGED. NICKS ON LOWER PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER ON INBD VANE OF INBD FLAP AT RT WING. INBD VANE OF INBD FLAP WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 57-03, D PAR II. - [SDR DALA2015111606973](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111606973), Nov 15, 2015: CARGO TRACK. DAMAGED. ELONGATED HOLES ON RT CARGO TRACK BETWEEN BS 731 - 773. THE CARGO TRACK WAS REPLACED IAW DWG 5936587, REV CC, AND SRM 51-30-1. - [SDR DALA2015111506969](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111506969), Nov 14, 2015: FLOOR PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS ON FLOOR PANEL NR 120D. THE FLOOR PANEL WAS REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2015111506968](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111506968), Nov 14, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK ON LONGERON 4R BS 540. THE LONGERON WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18. - [SDR DALA2015111506967](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111506967), Nov 14, 2015: SKIN. DAMAGED. NICKS ON PREVIOUS REPAIR, LE AND LOWER SKIN ON INBD VANE OF INBD FLAP AT LT WING. PREVIOUS DOUBLER REPAIR WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 57-03D P.11. - [SDR DALA2015111506965](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111506965), Nov 14, 2015: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT CARGO TRACK BETWEEN BS 1212 - 1322. THE CARGO TRACK WAS REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2015111406961](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111406961), Nov 13, 2015: SKIN. DAMAGED. DAMAGE METALLIZED OF RUDDER BOTH SIDE. RUDDER BOTH SIDE WAS REPAIRED AND PAINTED IAW SRM 51-70-1A, P23 AND 51-10-3B, PROCESS "B". - [SDR DALA2015111406959](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015111406959), Nov 13, 2015: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON COUNTERSINK AND SETTLEMENT AREA OF FUEL TANK ACCESS DOOR NR 1311C AT LT WING. ACCESS DOOR 1311C WAS REPLACED IAW SRM: 51-22-2A, COND 2, PAR 1. All 250: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N907DL-2022-11-29/reports.md ## FAA accident and incident reports (3) 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. - [Incident 19920213007729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920213007729I), Feb 13, 1992: Doug MD88 (N907DL), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. While taxiing on ramp aircraft began sliding on ice coated sloping surface. Struck pushback tug. - [Incident 19910403012649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910403012649I), Apr 3, 1991: Doug MD88 (N907DL), Columbus, OH. NR2 engine spooled down. Diverted and landed. Damage found in turbine section. Compressor frozen. - [Incident 19891117058029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891117058029I), Nov 17, 1989: Doug DC982 (N907DL), Covington - Cin, OH. Experienced excessive yaw after takeoff. Damper light flashed. Returned. NR2 yaw damper had failed. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.