# N925DL: 1988 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2019-03-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 19, 2019
- 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: 49712
- Year built: 1988
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 24, 1988
- Certificate issued: August 16, 2017
- Last registry action: September 13, 2017
- Mode S code: ACD113
- 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/N925DL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=925DL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N925DL-2019-03-19

From the FAA registry file of November 12, 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 (91, newest 50)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR DALA2017062705010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062705010), Jun 24, 2017: WIRE. DAMAGED. DURING FLIGHT, A RT ENGINE FIRE LOOP MESSAGE DISPLAYED. FOLLOWED QRH, PUT INTO LOOP B. FWD RT ENGINE LOOP A. REPAIRED A DAMAGED WIRE.
- [SDR DALA2017050803632](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017050803632), May 5, 2017: RECEPTACLE. LOOSE. TAILCONE ACCESS DOOR CAMLOCK RECEPTICALS LOOSE AND MISSING ON TAILCONE. DOOR CONTAMINATED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID. REPLACED THE RECEPTICALS. OK FOR SERVICE. FOUND 
- [SDR DALA2017040202667](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017040202667), Apr 1, 2017: TRIM SYSTEM. BINDING. AILERON TRIM WHEEL STUCK IN FLIGHT WITH AUTOPILOT ON OR OFF, IT WORKED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. CHECKED ACTUATOR SCREW ROD END DIMENSION AND DRUM. AILERON TRIM RIG I
- [SDR DALA1702990925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1702990925), Jan 31, 2017: STRINGER. NOT REPORTED. WING MAIN FRAME STRINGER 11. REPAIRED IAW 5712-01030, SECT 04.
- [SDR DALA2017020100823](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017020100823), Jan 31, 2017: SPAR. CRACKED. RIGHT WING REAR SPAR CRACKED AT XRS 164 LOWER AFT CORNER OF FLAP HINGE FITTING. REPAIRED THE SPAR IAW DWG J060271 REV T.
- [SDR DALA2017020100822](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017020100822), Jan 31, 2017: SPAR. CRACKED. RIGHT WING REAR SPAR CRACKED AT XRS 164 LOWER AFT CORNER OF FLAP HINGE FITTIING. REPAIRED THE SPAR IAW DWG J060271 REV T.
- [SDR DALA2017020100821](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017020100821), Jan 31, 2017: STRINGER. CRACKED. RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK STRINGER 11 CRACKED. CUT OUT THE DAMAGED SECTION AND REPAIRED RT WING STRINGER AT XRS 160-164 IAW DWG SR09570100 REV B, AND ERA 553842-14 R
- [SDR DALA2016112909376](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112909376), Nov 29, 2016: SWITCH. FAILED. ON APPROACH, RECEIVED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT DURING GEAR EXTENSION. COMPLIED WITH QRH AND NORMAL EXTENSION FOLLOWED. IAW MCC, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTEN
- [SDR DALA2016112709281](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112709281), Nov 26, 2016: CABLE. DISLODGED. LEFT FIRE TEE HANDLE FEELS SPONGY. FOUND CABLE GOING TO HYD SHUTOFF VALVE OFF THE PULLEY. REPOSITIONED IAW AMM 20-10. OPS CHECKED NORMAL. INSPECTED PULLEY AND G
- [SDR DALA2016102807864](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102807864), Oct 27, 2016: PSU. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING CABIN DEPRESSURIZATION EVENT, PSU PANEL DID NOT OPEN AT SEATS 10ABC, 10DE, 13ABC, 12DE, 13DE, 14DE, 15DE, 16DE, 23DE, 24DE, 25ABC, 32ABC, 35ABC, 35DE, 36
- [SDR DALA2016102707863](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102707863), Oct 27, 2016: CONTROLLER. MALFUNCTIONED. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS MADE TO FL100 AND THE OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED. MAINTENANCE FOUND BOTH 1 AND
- [SDR DALA2016062004775](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016062004775), Jun 18, 2016: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING SERVICE CHECK FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT CEILING ROW 13-15 INOPERATIVE. R & R EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES. OPS CHECK NORMAL. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.
- [SDR DALA2016032502384](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032502384), Mar 25, 2016: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. THE CREW FOUND THE AFT LT AND RT OVERWING EXIT SIGNS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY BATTERIES AND THE LIGHTS CHECKED OK.
- [SDR DALA2016011200207](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016011200207), Jan 12, 2016: GIRT BAR. DETACHED. DURING A FORCASTED SLIDE DEPOYMENT, CVG MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE L1 DOOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO THE VELCRO TABS AT THE GIRT BAR BEING UN
- [SDR DALA2015081805130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015081805130), Aug 8, 2015: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. ENTRANCE DOOR FLOOR SUPPORT FRAME, SIX INCHES FROM DOOR SILL HAS CORROSION. REPLACED THE FLOOR SUPPORT IAW DWG 9936534.
- [SDR DALA2015081805096](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015081805096), Aug 7, 2015: SUPPORT ANGLE. CORRODED. CORROSION AT CARGO TRACK SUPPORT ANGLE, BS 1166, TASK 53-139-05. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW ZEE CHANNEL IAW SRM 51-01, PARA 4.
- [SDR DALA14032330925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14032330925), May 24, 2014: OVEN. SMOKE. WHILE ENROUTE, THE F/A REPORTED SMOKE FROM FIRST CLASS GALLEY OVEN. OVEN WAS TURNED OFF AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED. THE F/A DISCHARGED A HALON FIRE EX
- [SDR DALA14031380925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14031380925), May 19, 2014: WIRE HARNESS. DAMAGED. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTING WAS INOPERATIVE AT 27DE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE HARNESS AT SEAT 27DE AND THE LIGHTS RETURNED 
- [SDR DALA13072580925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13072580925), Dec 30, 2013: WIRE. LOOSE. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING AT ROW 27 IN THE CABIN WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LOOSE WIRE IN THE CONNECTOR
- [SDR DALA13040780925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13040780925), Aug 22, 2013: RIB. CRACKED. RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER L/E INBD CLOSURE RIB WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK EIGHT INCHES FORWARD OF THE THERMAL ANTI-ICE DUCT. THE CLOSURE RIB WAS REPLACED.
- [SDR DALA13042530925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13042530925), Aug 21, 2013: LONGERON. CRACKED. LFEC SHOWS INTERNAL CRACK AT BS 1193, LONGERON 3RT. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC INSPECTION IAW NDT 06-10-01.001 NO CRACKS FOUND. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 517907-14AD, REV O.
- [SDR DALA13040530925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13040530925), Aug 21, 2013: INLET. CRACKED. DURING SCHEDULED HEAVY MAINTENANCE, A ONE INCH LONG CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE VERTICAL STABILIZER RAM AIR INLET DUCT RT AFT CORNER. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 517896-14.
- [SDR DALA13039950925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13039950925), Aug 19, 2013: RECEPTACLE. WORN. MX DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF THE TAILCONE RELEASE SYS GUIDE PIN RECEPTACLES WERE WORN BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS. THE RECEPTACLES WERE REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30 AND THE 
- [SDR DALA13039970925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13039970925), Aug 17, 2013: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING LINE CHECK, MX FOUND THEY HAD NO CONTROL OF THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE LIGHTING AT THE OVERWING EXITS IN THE CABIN, WOULD NOT TURN OFF. MX REPLACED THE BATTERY
- [SDR DALA13026970925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13026970925), May 27, 2013: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING LINE CHECK, MX FOUND THAT THE LT WING EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS MALFUNCTIONING IN THAT IT WOULD REMAIN ON AFTER SELECTOR WAS CHANGED TO "ARMED". MX RE
- [SDR DALA12011160925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011160925), Oct 23, 2012: LANYARD. MISINSTALLED. TAILCONE SLIDE DEPLOYMENT LANYARD WAS NOT LOOPED AROUND THE TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM CAM. DISCONNECTED THE LANYARD FROM CLEVIS AT THE SLIDE BOX AND RECONNECTE
- [SDR DALA1233670925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1233670925), May 22, 2012: PIN. WORN. DURING FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF TAILCONE RELEASE SYSTEM OPS 6908, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TEE PIN, BUSHING, AND CABLE WORN BEYOND THE TEE PIN 11, CAM ASSEMBLY, AND CAB
- [SDR DALA1213520925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1213520925), Mar 4, 2012: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT BOTH OF THE FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERIES. OPERATIONAL CH
- [SDR DALA1212040925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1212040925), Feb 29, 2012: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN STA Y=773 BTW LONGERON 27 TO 28RT. FUSELAGE SKIN WAS BLENDED AND DOUBLER INSTALLED PER REPAIR IAW MD88 SRM 53-04
- [SDR DALA1210850925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1210850925), Feb 26, 2012: SUPPORT FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT GEAR SUPPORT FITTING BUSHING BORE I/B SIDE AND NICKS ON LOWER AND UPPER SURFACE, ALSO WEAR ON VERTICAL WALL. REPAIRED PER ERA 500108-14AD ORIG R
- [SDR DALA1211940925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1211940925), Feb 25, 2012: FASTENER. MISSING. DURING HMV LOOSE AND MISSING FASTENERS WERE FOUND ON UPPER AND LOWER ROWS OF FASTENERS ABOVE AND BELOW THE SPLICE AT STATION ZFS=52.26 AT VERTICAL STABILIZER LE
- [SDR DALA1211920925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1211920925), Feb 25, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING HMV THREE CRACKS WERE FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT THE UPPER FWD DOOR JAMB CORNER AND BTW LONGERON 20 AND 21RT OF THE FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT:0.125"LENGTH;0.4
- [SDR DALA1210600925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1210600925), Feb 25, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKES ON FWD /AFT EDGE OF WINDOW BELT FRAME BTW STA Y=427 AND 446, 465 AND 484, 541 AND 560 AT FUSELAGE SKIN. REPAIRED PER ERA 500106-14 REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA1210590925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1210590925), Feb 25, 2012: SKIN. SCRATCHED. SCRATCHES ON FUSELAGE SKIN UPPER FORWARD CORNER OF THE WINDOW BELT PANEL BTW STA Y=693 AND Y=712. REPAIRED PER ERA 500106-14 REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA1210540925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1210540925), Feb 25, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. DURING HMV LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS FOUND ON AFT UPPER CORNER IN STA Y=769 AND 750 FUSELAGE SKIN WINDOW BELT FRAME_RT. REPAIRED PER ERA 500111-14.
- [SDR DALA1210530925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1210530925), Feb 25, 2012: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. DURING HMV LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS FOUND ON FWD LOWER CORNER AND AFT EDGE OF WINDOW BELT FRAME BTW STA Y=731-750 RT. SUPPLEMENT TO N/R T0237100 WITH CORRECTIVE ACT
- [SDR DALA1209310925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1209310925), Feb 19, 2012: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN STA Y=1103-1110 LONGERON 28RT REF MD88 SRM 53-04D FIG 53 FOR REPAIR. CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND ARE WITHIN LIMITS
- [SDR DALA1209300925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1209300925), Feb 19, 2012: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER WING TO FUSELAGE FILLET FAIRING STA Y=1084-1089 ON L29L, Y=1124-1133 BTW LONGERON 23-26L, Y=1115 BTW LONGE
- [SDR DALA1209320925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1209320925), Feb 19, 2012: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER WING TO FUSELAGE FILLET FAIRING STA Y=1043 AND Y=1060-1068 BTW LONGERON 18-19LT REF MD88 SRM 53-04D FIG 53
- [SDR DALA1209290925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1209290925), Feb 19, 2012: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN STA Y=998-1041 BETWEEN LONGERONS 18-17LT. REF MD88 SRM 53-04D FIG 53 FOR REPAIR. FUSELAGE SKIN WAS BLENDED OUT A
- [SDR DALA1209270925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1209270925), Feb 19, 2012: RUDDER. DAMAGED. DAMAGED FLAME SPRAY ON SEVERAL AREAS AT RT RUDDER SURFACE. FLAME SPRAY WAS REPAIRED IAW MD88 SRM 51-70-1AD. 0-1AD PARA 23.
- [SDR DALA1209160925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1209160925), Feb 18, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING HMV A CRACK WAS FOUND OF 0.093" ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA Y=1212 BTW LONGERON 1 AND 2LT. REPAIRED PER ERA 500114-14AD REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA1208530925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1208530925), Feb 15, 2012: PLATE. CORRODED. HIDDEN DAMAGE; CORROSION AND SCRATCHES ON BARREL NUTS AND HOLES AT RT/LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER UPPER PLATE AFT EDGE. HORIZONTAL STABLIZER UPPER PLATE WAS REPAIR
- [SDR DALA1206630925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1206630925), Feb 7, 2012: SKIN. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND BETWEEN INNER FUSELAGE SKIN AND PRODUCTION DOUBLER STA Y=575 AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT BETWEEN LONGERON 28L AND 28R. REF ERA 48385
- [SDR DALA1206640925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1206640925), Feb 7, 2012: FASTENER. MISSING. DURING HMV LOOSE AND MISSING FASTENERS WERE FOUND ON UPPER AND LOWER ROWS OF FASTENERS ABOVE AND BELOW THE SPLICE AT STATION ZFS=52.26 AT VERTICAL STABLIZER LEA
- [SDR DALA1206560925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1206560925), Feb 6, 2012: PANEL. DEBONDED. DURING HMV DISBONDED CARBON SHEET WAS FOUND ON RT WING GROUND SPOILER PANEL OUTBD EDGE. REF MD-88 SRM 51-70-1B PARA12 FOR REPAIR.
- [SDR DALA1206550925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1206550925), Feb 6, 2012: SKIN. NICKED. DURING HMV NICKS WERE FOUND ON EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN ALTERNATE STATIC PORT STA Y=454 BTW LONGERON 27RT AND 28RT REF MD88 SRM 53-04D FIG 12C FOR REPAIR.
- [SDR DALA1206230925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1206230925), Feb 6, 2012: DOUBLER. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN INTERNAL DOUBLE AT STA Y=244 BTW LONGERON 16L TO 17L. DOUBLER WAS REPLACED IAW MD88 SRM 53-04D FIG 12B.
- [SDR DALA1202680925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1202680925), Jan 19, 2012: BEAM. CORRODED. DURING HMV CORROSION WAS FOUND ON LOWER DOOR JAMB BEAM FROM STA Y=642-687 AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT REF MD88 SRM 53-05 FIG 123 FOR REPAIR.
- [SDR DALA1208260925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA1208260925), Jan 11, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK EXT FUSELAGE STA 1437 BETWEEN LONGS 4RT AND 5RT DAMAGED AREA TRIMMED OUT. REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER WERE INSTALLED IAW DC9/MD80 SRM 53-04D FIG 27. AIR DOU

All 91: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N925DL-2019-03-19/reports.md

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