# N915DL: 1988 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2021-02-12 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: February 12, 2021 - Status when cancelled: First renewal notice - 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: 49546 - Year built: 1988 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 22, 1988 - Certificate issued: May 13, 2015 - Last registry action: February 23, 2018 - Mode S code: ACA994 - 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/N915DL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=915DL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915DL-2021-02-12 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 (194, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DALA2019062503832](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019062503832), Jun 25, 2019: SKIN. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE SKIN DAMAGED, RIGHT SIDE, BETWEEN BS 617 & 636, STRINGERS 20R & 21R. INSTALLED CLASS III REPAIR IAW SRM 53-04-3, FIG 8, SHEET 5. - [SDR DALA2019052803195](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019052803195), May 25, 2019: DOOR. DENTED. L1 ENTRY DOOR FWD LOWER CORNER HAS LARGE DENT/CREASE IN SHEET METAL. REPLACED L1 DOOR. DOOR, ENTRANCE, OFF 92-5210-9-0001 00084 ON 92-5210-9-0001 00011. (LP5454 - [SDR DALA2019021200940](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019021200940), Feb 11, 2019: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. IFSD & ATB - DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE NR 1 ENGINE. AT APPROX 600FT AGL, FLT CREW REPORTED LEFT ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL AND ENGINE ROLL BACK. CREW FOLLOWED QRH AND - [SDR DALA2019020400705](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019020400705), Feb 3, 2019: CHARGER. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CEILING BETWEEN ROWS 31 AND 33 NOT ILLUMINATING. RELAMPED NO HELP REPLACED EMRG BATTERY PACK NO HELP. R/R BATTERY CHARGER @ STA 1120 OPS CHK - [SDR DALA2018123107448](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018123107448), Dec 30, 2018: SCHRADER VALVE. FAILED. SHIP 0915 - ATB, GEAR - AFTER TAKEOFF THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED RED AND WITH THE ASSOCIATED AIR NOISE. CREW SUSPECTED NOSE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN. CORRECTIVE ACTION: - [SDR DALA2018102506274](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102506274), Oct 25, 2018: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. AFT WINDOW EXIT SIGN LIGHT INOP BOTH SIDES. R&R AFT WINDOW EXIT SIGN BATTERY PER AMM 33-53. OPS CHECK GOOD. - [SDR DALA2018102506273](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102506273), Oct 25, 2018: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. ROW 10-15 OVERHEAD EMER LIGHT OUT. R&R ROW 10-15 EMER LIGHT BATTERIES PER AMM 33-53. OPS CHECK GOOD. - [SDR DALA2018092655763](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018092655763), Sep 25, 2018: WIRE HARNESS. BURNED. ON ROLLOUT MULTIPLE OAP LT ON, MULTIPLE CB'S POPPED, ON TAXI IN LT GEN WOULD NOT PICK UP RT BUS, AT GATE APU WOULD NOT PICK UP RT BUS UNTIL RT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. - [SDR DALA2018092635760](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018092635760), Sep 22, 2018: SKIN. DAMAGED. REPAIR DAMAGED SKIN FOUND ON AFT FUSELAGE UPPER BETWEEN STATIONS 1380 AND 1401, STRINGER 3R TO 5R PER SRM 53-04-03 PG 40 VIEW C. REMOVED DAMAGE SKIN FABRICATED - [SDR DALA2018092405717](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018092405717), Sep 22, 2018: STRINGER. DAMAGED. REPAIR STRINGER S2777922-5 4RT BETWEEN STATIONS 1380 AND 1418 PER SRM 53-02 PARA 12 FIG 18. REMOVED DAMAGED STRINGER, FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS PER SRM 53-02 PARA - [SDR DALA2018090905508](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018090905508), Sep 8, 2018: SWITCH. DAMAGED. TAILCONE UNSAFE MSG FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WITH EXT HANDLE REF CARD 5350-01077-0101. FOUND C/P P1-779 CORRODED AND SW S1-537 DAMAGED - RPLD P1-779 AND S1-537 PER - [SDR DALA2018090905503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018090905503), Sep 8, 2018: BEARING. WORN. TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM CAM BEARING WORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED SPACER BEARING ON TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM PER AMM 53-50. - [SDR DALA2018081325011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018081325011), Aug 11, 2018: CONNECTOR. UNSECURE. EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE AT SEAT ROW 3CD. FOUND THE CONNECTOR WAS PARTIALLY LOOSE, CONNECTED , AND OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 33-53-01. - [SDR DALA2018080104806](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018080104806), Aug 1, 2018: COWLING. DELAMINATED. NOSE COWL FOR NR 1 ENG DELAM AT 12:00 POSITION-OPENING FOR T&I DUCT ACCESS. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE NOSE COWL P/N 5930645-509, S/N 2480001. - [SDR DALA2018022701255](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018022701255), Feb 26, 2018: SKIN. CORRODED. WALK AROUND FOUND CORROSION ON BELLY SKIN APPROX 7 FT AFT OF C2 CARGO DOOR RT OF CNT LINE AT SKIN SPLICE. VERIFIED CORROSION AT FS 758 BETWEEN LONGERONS 29R AND - [SDR DALA2017122208802](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017122208802), Dec 20, 2017: BATTERY. FAILED. F/C LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDING, BATTERY REMOVED. NO SMOKE OR ODORS PRESENT. REPLACED THE SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERY. - [SDR DALA2017071805519](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017071805519), Jul 6, 2017: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. FUELING PANEL QTY INDICATION INOPERATIVE. THE FUEL SPILL WAS DETERMINED TO BE A PROCEDURAL ERROR. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE COCKPIT DISPL - [SDR DALA2017062805039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062805039), Jun 27, 2017: DOOR FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED LOWER DOOR JAMB WEB STA Y=370 PROJECTION LONG 27R AT FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT. LOWER DOOR JAMB WEB STA Y=370 PROJECTION LONG 27R AT FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT W - [SDR DALA2017062805038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062805038), Jun 27, 2017: DOUBLER. CRACKED. CRACKED PREVIOUS REPAIR ON FRAME STA Y=1485 CANT NEAR TO ACTUATOR. DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED AND REPLACED PER SRM 53-03 PAR 38 FIG 43 SHEET 3. - [SDR DALA2017062705037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062705037), Jun 26, 2017: DOUBLER. CRACKED. CRACK WAS FOUND ON INTERNAL DOUBLER STA Y=198 BTW LONGS 17R TO 18R AT LOWER AFTER DOOR JAMB CORNER OF FWD SERVICE DOOR (R1). DOUBLER AND TRIPLER WERE FABRICATED - [SDR DALA2017062705036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062705036), Jun 26, 2017: DOUBLER. CRACKED. CRACKED REPAIR DOUBLER ON FWD ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT DOOR JAMB. AREA WAS REPAIRED PER ETI-88-17-194 REV 5 AND ER/A 559494-14 REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2017062604965](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062604965), Jun 26, 2017: DOUBLER. CRACKED. A CRACK WAS FOUND ON INTERNAL DOUBLER BS 198 BETWEEN LONGERONS 17R TO 18R AT LOWER AFTER DOOR FRAME CORNER OF FWD SERVICE DOOR. REPAIRED IAW AMM 53-05, PAR 168, - [SDR DALA2017062404962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062404962), Jun 23, 2017: CAP. CRACKED. CRACK ON OUTER CAP BS 1437, LONGERON 2R. THE CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 558132-14, REV ORIG, AND ETI-88-17-170, REV 3. - [SDR DALA2017062404961](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062404961), Jun 23, 2017: CAP. CRACKED. CRACKED INNER CAP BS 1437 LONGERON 2L AND 2R. THE INNER CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 558132-14, REV. - [SDR DALA2017062404960](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062404960), Jun 23, 2017: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME BS 1485. THE FRAME WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 558162-14, REV ORIG, AND ETI-88-17-188, REV 2. - [SDR DALA2017062404959](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062404959), Jun 23, 2017: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME BS 1485. THE FRAME WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 558162-14, REV ORIG. AND ETI-88-17-188, REV 2. - [SDR DALA2017070805272](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017070805272), Jun 22, 2017: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME BS 1437 AT THE BULKHEAD UPPER & LOWER CAPS FOUND CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 88-558132-14, SECTION II. - [SDR DALA2017062304898](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062304898), Jun 22, 2017: DOUBLER. CRACKED. CRACKED FUSELAGE INTERNAL DOUBLER BS 1463. REPAIRED THE DOUBLER IAW ER/A 558149-14. - [SDR DALA2017062605034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062605034), Jun 21, 2017: STEP. CORRODED. CORROSION ON WEB OF STEP 5 AT VENTRAL STAIRWAY. WEB WAS FABRICATED AND REPLACED PER DWG 9915570 REV BW & SRM 51-30-5 & 51-30-2. - [SDR DALA2017062204888](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062204888), Jun 21, 2017: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME BS 1463. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-03D, FIG 38A, 51-30-5, AND 51-30-2. - [SDR DALA2017061804797](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061804797), Jun 17, 2017: SUPPORT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON TEE BTW STA Y=1401 TO Y=1425 AT LONG 25L. REPAIRED PER ETI-88-17-183 REV 1 AND ER/A 558154-14. - [SDR DALA2017061804794](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061804794), Jun 17, 2017: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FUSELAGE SKIN INNER PRODUCTION DOUBLER OUTBD OF LONG 26L BTW STA Y=589-598 AT MID CARGO. DOUBLER WAS REPLACED PER SRM 53-34-0 FIG 2, 51-10-1 FIG 36 - [SDR DALA2017061804793](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061804793), Jun 17, 2017: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT WING ACCESS PANEL 1307C. FUEL ACCESS PLATE WAS REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2017061804802](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061804802), Jun 17, 2017: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CRACKED INTERCOSTAL BTW FLOORBEAMS STA Y 1287 AND Y 1307, X 0 AT PAX CABIN. - [SDR DALA2017061804795](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061804795), Jun 16, 2017: SKIN. NOT REPORTED. DURING NDT INSPECTION A DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND (SEVEN DIFFERENT FASTENERS OF PSE ) ON LOWER SKIN AT XRS =163 TO 168 REAR SPAR AT RT WING. INSPECTED PER ERA 5 - [SDR DALA2017061704792](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061704792), Jun 16, 2017: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON ACCESS AT PLATE NR 1307C. REPLACED PANEL. - [SDR DALA2017061704791](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061704791), Jun 16, 2017: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON AREA COUNTERSINK ON FUEL TANKS ACCESS PLATES NR 1303C AND 1311C. FUEL ACCESS PLATES 1303C AND 1311C WERE REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2017061604754](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061604754), Jun 15, 2017: RUB STRIP. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RUB STRIP, UPPER SURFACE LEFT WING ACCESS PANEL. THE RUB STRIP WAS CLEANED IAW PS 900-1-2-1 N 0.01 AND REINSPECTED AND NO DAMAGE WERE FOUND; RUB ST - [SDR DALA2017061604753](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061604753), Jun 15, 2017: SKIN. NOT REPORTED. DISCREPANT AREA WAS FOUND ON UPPER FWD DOOR FRAME CORNER SKIN WITH DOUBLER AND TRIPLER REPAIRS PRESENT. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 558115-14AD, REV ORIGINAL, AND ETI-88- - [SDR DALA2017061604752](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061604752), Jun 15, 2017: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORRODED COUNTERSINK ON ACCESS PANEL 1335C. THE ACCESS PANEL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-22-2A, PAR 6. - [SDR DALA2017061604751](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061604751), Jun 15, 2017: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON THE COUNTERSINK OF THE FUEL ACCESS PANEL 1414C. THE ACCESS PANEL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-22-2A, PAR 6. - [SDR DALA2017061604750](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061604750), Jun 15, 2017: DOUBLER. CRACKED. CRACK WAS FOUND ON INTERNAL DOUBLER BS 427 BETWEEN LONGERONS 26R TO 27R AT LOWER AFTER DOOR FRAME OF THE FWD CARGO DOOR. THE DOUBLES WAS REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-17- - [SDR DALA2017061504749](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061504749), Jun 14, 2017: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CRACKED RT INTERCOSTAL BS 937 - 944 INNER KEEL BEAM AREA. THE INTERCOSTAL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-10-2, SRM 53-14-3, AND DWG 9936368, REV AW. - [SDR DALA2017061504748](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061504748), Jun 14, 2017: RUB STRIP. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RUB STRIPS UPPER SURFACE RIGHT WING ACCESS PANELS 1409C, 1410C, 1414C. THE RUBSTRIPS WERE REPLACED IAW SRM 51-22-2A, PAR 4. - [SDR DALA2017061504745](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061504745), Jun 14, 2017: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME WEB BS 1463. THE FRAME WAS FABRICATED AND REPLACED IAW DWG 9953015, REV AH, SRM 51-30-2, AND 51-30-5. - [SDR DALA2017061504744](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061504744), Jun 14, 2017: SKIN. DAMAGED. DAMAGE METALIZED SKIN AT LT AND RT SIDE OF RUDDER. METALIZED SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 092613, REV C AND SRM 51-70-1A, PAR 23. - [SDR DALA2017061504743](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061504743), Jun 14, 2017: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON CARGO TRACK BETWEEN BS 503 AND 522 IN THE FWD CARGO BAY. DAMAGE SECTION OF THE CARGO TRACK WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-10-1, FIG 26, SHEET 2, SRM 51-10 - [SDR DALA2017061404704](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061404704), Jun 13, 2017: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON THE CARGO TRACK, RT BS 236 FWD CARGO BAY. THE DAMAGE SECTION OF THE CARGO TRACK WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-10-1, FIG 26, SHEET 2, SRM 51-10-4, SRM 51- - [SDR DALA2017061404697](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061404697), Jun 13, 2017: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK ON THE LT WING ON LOWER ACCESS CUTOUT BETWEEN XRS 189 TO 214. REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-17-168, REV 1, AND ER/A 558107-14AD, REV ORIG. - [SDR DALA2017061404696](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061404696), Jun 13, 2017: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND ON THE LOWER ACCESS DOOR CUTOUT BETWEEN XRS 189 TO 214 ON THE RT WING. REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-17-168, REV 1, AND ER/A 558107-14AD, REV All 194: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915DL-2021-02-12/reports.md ## FAA accident and incident reports (4) 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 20040214033819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040214033819I), Feb 14, 2004: Doug MD88 (N915DL), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On February 14, 2004 at approx. 2244 a delta MD-88, N915DL, struck a parked, unattended, fuel truck while taxiing to the gate. Minor damage was sustained… - [Incident 19980331009329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980331009329I), Mar 31, 1998: Doug MD88 (N915DL), Indianapolis, IN. Narrative: #2 engine experienced compressor stall after take off. Maintenance performed borescope inspection and no internal damage noted. Found 2 bent blades… - [Incident 19930609022429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930609022429I), Jun 9, 1993: Doug MD88 (N915DL), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. On pushback from gate aircraft contacted a container loader. Damaged right wing tip. - [Incident 19901022052879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901022052879I), Oct 22, 1990: Doug MD88 (N915DL), Covington - Cin, OH. APU quit en route. Unable to restart. Diverted to Covington. Landed safely. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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