# N933DL: 1989 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2019-09-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 16, 2019
- 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: 49720
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 6, 1989
- Certificate issued: March 30, 1989
- Last registry action: September 19, 2016
- Mode S code: ACF124
- 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/N933DL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=933DL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N933DL-2019-09-16

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 (166, newest 50)

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

- [SDR DALA2018090305398](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018090305398), Aug 31, 2018: SMOKE DETECTOR. DEFECTIVE. CABIN CLEANING CREW REPORTS AFT LT LAV SMOKE DETECTOR CHIRPING. REPLACED AFT LEFT DETECTOR PER AMM26-13. TESTS NORMAL.
- [SDR DALA2018081004974](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018081004974), Aug 9, 2018: SMOKE DETECTOR. FALSE ACTIVATION. AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED ON THE GROUND WHILE BOARDING. REPLACED THE SMOKE DETECTOR IAW AMM 26-13-00. OK FOR SERVICE.
- [SDR DALA2018061103935](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018061103935), Jun 11, 2018: STRUCTURE. DENTED. DURING A PREFLIGHT, FOUND SIGNIFICANT NOSE COWL DENTS AT 11:45 POSITION. REMOVED THE 1 ENGINE INLET COWL IAW PPBM 71-00 AND ERA 569353-14 AND INSTALLED SERVICEA
- [SDR DALA2018030801470](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018030801470), Mar 6, 2018: SENSOR. OUT OF TOLERANCE. ON CLIMB OUT RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON AND BACK OFF SEVERAL TIMES IN LIGHT/MED TURB. LONGEST TIME ON APPROX 1 MIN. NEVER GOT GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT. GOT 
- [SDR DALA2018030801469](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018030801469), Mar 6, 2018: WIRE. UNSECURE. CABIN SERVICE REPORTED WIRES LOOSE AT SEAT 27DE. FOUND WIRES PULLED FROM EMERGENCY LIGHTS SEAT PLUG. RESECURED SAME AND SECURED WIRING. LIGHTS OP NORMALLY.
- [SDR DALA2018021700967](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021700967), Feb 17, 2018: SERVICE DOOR. CRACKED. AFT LAV SERVICE DOOR CRACK IN FUSELAGE. TRACKING FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SECTION III: PERMANENT REPAIR PER ER/A 538941-14 REV B. FUSELAGE SKIN BELOW AFT LAVATIRY 
- [SDR DALA2018021700966](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021700966), Feb 16, 2018: VANE. DELAMINATED. DELAMINATED OTBD GUIDE VANE OF INBD FLAP ON THE LT WING. THE GUIDE VANE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW AMM 27-51-03-201.
- [SDR DALA2018021700965](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021700965), Feb 16, 2018: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. CRACKS FOUND ON THE AFT CARGO BAY FWD PRESSURE BULKHEAD BS 1003, Z-6 TO Z-9, LBL 26 TO 26. THE PRESSURE BULKHEAD WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 565886-14, REV ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA2018021600934](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021600934), Feb 15, 2018: HOSE. TORN. DURING INSPECTION OF LAVATORY OXYGEN MASK, HOSE ON RT AFT LAVATORY WAS FOUND TORN. IN REF 3500-7457 STEP 5. LAVATORY OXYGEN MASK HOSE ON RT AFT LAVATORY WAS REP
- [SDR DALA2018021600933](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021600933), Feb 15, 2018: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKED SKIN BTW BEAM NR 4 TO 5 MID SECTION AT MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR. CRACKED SKIN BTW BEAM NR 4 TO 5 MID SECTION WAS REPAIRED PER ER/A:501106-14MA REVISION: C REA
- [SDR DALA2018021500931](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021500931), Feb 14, 2018: TAPE. MISSING. AWR AD INITIAL INSPECTION, MISSING AND WORN TIE TAPE ON AUX HYDRAULIC PUMP POWER FEEDER WIRING. TIE TAPE WAS REPLACED PER ERA 467688-14MAAD REV D.
- [SDR DALA2018021500901](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021500901), Feb 14, 2018: SKIN. CRACKED. FOUND A CRACK IN THE FUSELAGE BELOW THE AFT LAVATORY SERVICE DOOR. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/538941-14, REV C, AND ETI-88-18.
- [SDR DALA2018021500900](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021500900), Feb 14, 2018: FRAME. CRACKED. FOUND A CRACKED FRAME BS 1510. THE FRAME WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2 AND 53-14-4, FIG 3.
- [SDR DALA2018021400876](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021400876), Feb 13, 2018: PIN. MISSING. MISSING SECURITY PIN ON AFT PASSENGER ENTRANCE EVACUATION SLIDE AND TAIL CONE EVACUATION SLIDE IN REF 2520-2169. PIN ON TAIL CONE EVACUATION SLIDE AND PIN ON AF
- [SDR DALA2018021400875](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021400875), Feb 13, 2018: LONGERON. CORRODED. AWR HIDDEN CORROSION: CORROSION WAS FOUND ON LONGERON 22L FROM STA Y=1331 TO Y=1333 IN AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT DURING REPAIR OF AFT LAVATORY SERVICE PANEL REF NRC
- [SDR DALA2018021300856](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021300856), Feb 12, 2018: PAN. CRACKED. CRACKED PAN ABOVE THE NR 1 BEAM, FWD EDGE AT MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR. THE PAN WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 52-05, PAR 14, FIG 18A.
- [SDR DALA2018021200828](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021200828), Feb 11, 2018: GUIDE VANE. WORN. WEAR ON LT WING OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD GUIDE VANE STA XFLS=151. LT WING OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD GUIDE VANE STA XFLS=151 WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 57-03 D PARAGRAPH 11 A
- [SDR DALA2018021100816](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018021100816), Feb 10, 2018: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK ON VERT STAB SKIN LT SIDE NEAR FRONT SPAR STA ZFS=17. CRACKS ON VERT STAB SKIN LT SIDE NEAR FRONT SPAR STA ZFS=17.6 WERE REPAIRED PER SRM 51-30-8 SRM 55-0
- [SDR DALA2017122208801](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017122208801), Dec 20, 2017: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. WHILE C/W PACK CONFIDENCE CHECK, FOUND A LARGE LEAK AT THE TOP OF AFT BAG BIN DOOR. 6 IN CRACK IN TOP OF BAG BIN DOOR. DOOR WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 52-31.
- [SDR DALA2017061204653](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017061204653), Jun 11, 2017: BALLAST. MISWIRED. AFT STAIRWAY FLUORESCENT LIGHT FOUND INOPERATIVE. FOUND THE BALLAST MISWIRED. CONNECTED LEFT BALLAST IAW WDM 33-23-01. OPS CHECKED OK.
- [SDR DALA2016112509295](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112509295), Nov 24, 2016: LIGHT. SPARKS. FIRST OFFICER`S FLIGHT KIT LIGHT SPARKED IN FLIGHT. R & R THE LIGHT IAW AMM 33-10-00 OPS CHECKED OK.
- [SDR DALA2016072505545](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016072505545), Jul 23, 2016: WIRE HARNESS. DAMAGED. ROW 20ED EMERGENCY SEAT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REMOVED & REPLACED UNDERSEAT HARNESS. OPS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2016071805387](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016071805387), Jul 17, 2016: ACM. CONTAMINATED. ACFT DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND LIGHT OIL FILM ON EXIT OF RIGHT ACM. REPLACED RIGHT ACM PER AMM. COMPLIED WITH DUCT BURNOUT, NO SMOKE
- [SDR DALA2016071805386](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016071805386), Jul 16, 2016: OIL CAP. DETACHED. RETURNED DUE TO SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND APU INLET CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL CAP OFF. CLEANED APU INLET AND DUCTS AND COMPLI
- [SDR DALA2016050903832](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016050903832), May 8, 2016: HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. CONTAMINATED. ENROUTE RT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW AND RUDDER CONTROL MAN. RT HYD PRESSURE "0" , HYD QTY INITIALLY WENT TO 3 QTS THEN TO 19 QTS. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURE NORMAL LA
- [SDR DALA2016042503299](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016042503299), Apr 23, 2016: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE BETWEEN ROWS 11 AND 15. THE BATTERY PACK BATTERIES WERE REPLACED. THE LIGHTS CHECKED OK.
- [SDR DALA2016020500899](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016020500899), Feb 4, 2016: RUDDER PEDAL. BINDING. CAPT RUDDER PEDALS BIND AT HALF TRAVEL. FOUND CABLE ATTACH BOLT COTTER PIN EATCHING ON PLASTIC SESRIS COVER REMOVED BOLT. OK TO INSTALL. CAPT RUDDER PEDAL CABLE
- [SDR DALA2016111608843](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111608843), Jan 29, 2016: ACCESS DOOR. CRACKED. CRACK AND CORROSION ON POTABLE WATER SERVICE ACCESS DOOR. CRACK AND CORROSION WERE ATTENDED WITH ER/A.
- [SDR DALA2016013000754](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016013000754), Jan 29, 2016: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKED PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER ON INNER FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN LONGERONS 2L-2R NEXT TO BS 1463. DAMAGE AREA WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 541633-14, REV ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA2016013000752](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016013000752), Jan 29, 2016: SKIN. DAMAGED. ELONGATED FASTENERS HOLE ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT BELLY DRAIN ATTACHMENT POINT BS 295-296 BETWEEN LONGERON 30 AND 29 LT C1 CARGO. DAMAGE WAS CUT OUT REPAIR PARTS WER
- [SDR DALA2016012900714](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012900714), Jan 28, 2016: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN BS 1309 BETWEEN LONGERONS 6 - 7L. REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-16-035 R2 AND ER/A 541634-14, REV. ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA2016012900711](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012900711), Jan 27, 2016: ANGLE. CRACKED. CRACKED INNER ANGLE ON DORSAL FIN, REF BS 1427 BETWEEN LONGERONS 1 AND 2 RT. ANGLES WERE REPLACED IAW DWG 5912188 AND SRM 51-30-5.
- [SDR DALA2016012800708](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012800708), Jan 27, 2016: WEB. CRACKED. CRACKED MEMBRANE OF BS 1485 AFT FACE AND 2HRS POSITION. CRACK WAS STOPPED AND REPAIRED ON MEMBRANE IAW SRM 51-01, PAR 21 AND SRM 53-01, FIG 2.
- [SDR DALA2016012800707](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012800707), Jan 27, 2016: VANE. WORN. WEAR ON PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER ON MID FLAP VANE GUIDE AT RT WING OTBD FLAP. MID FLAP VANE GUIDE AT RT WING OTBD FLAP WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 57-03D, PAR 11.
- [SDR DALA2016012500573](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012500573), Jan 24, 2016: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK ON LONGERON 4LT BS 160 AT CPAX. CEILING PANEL AT LONGERON 4 LT 160 WAS REMOVED IAW AMM 20-30-01-201, FASTENERS WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 51-30-5, HFEC INSPECTI
- [SDR DALA2016012500559](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012500559), Jan 24, 2016: SKIN. DAMAGED. SCRATCH ON RT WINDOW BELT BETWEEN BS 1155 - 1174 UPPER SURFACE. SCRATCHES WERE BLEND OUT FOUND WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 111 AND ER/A 543131.14, REV ORIG
- [SDR DALA2016012500556](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012500556), Jan 24, 2016: DOUBLER. CRACKED. CRACKED AFTER PAN REPAIR DOUBLER BETWEEN FRI 5/6 AT ROLLER TRACK AREA OF FWD ENTRY DOOR. DOUBLER WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30-1, 51-30-4, 51-10-2, 51-10-
- [SDR DALA2016012500555](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012500555), Jan 24, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME NR 8 ON AFTER EDGE AREA OF FWD ENTRY DOOR. FRAME NR 8 OF FWD ENTRY DOOR WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 52-05D, FIG 111.
- [SDR DALA2016012500564](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012500564), Jan 22, 2016: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CRACKED INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN FRAME 4/5 ON COVER HANDLE ATTACHMENT AREA OF FWD ENTRY DOOR. INSTERCOSTAL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-10-3 PAR 14/21 AND 51-10-
- [SDR DALA2016012200532](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012200532), Jan 20, 2016: ACCESS PANEL. DAMAGED. DAMAGE FUEL SECOND ACCESS PLATE 1307C. FUEL SECOND ACCESS PLATE WAS REPLACED.
- [SDR DALA2016082910214](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016082910214), Aug 30, 2015: SKIN. CRACKED. ER/A 538941-14 SECTION 1 ACCOMPLISHED AND CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR. CRACK IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN NEAR THE AFT LAV SERVICE DOOR CUTOUT.
- [SDR DALA2015083105328](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015083105328), Aug 28, 2015: SKIN. CRACKED. PRIOR TO PUSH BACK, GROUND CREW FOUND A CRACK AROUND THE AFT LAV SERVICE RECEPTICLE SKIN. COMPLIED WITH ERA 538941-14, REV "ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA2015061103696](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015061103696), Jun 9, 2015: WIRE. PULLED. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING AT SEAT 26D IN THE CABIN WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND WIRES PULLED OUT OF THE LIGHT SOCKE
- [SDR DALA2015011500357](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015011500357), Jan 14, 2015: LANYARD. DAMAGED. DURING EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT CHECK FOUND PAX DOOR SLIDE LANYARD FRAYED AND DAMAGED. REPLACED LANYARD IAW AMM 25-62-00.
- [SDR DALA2014112006197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014112006197), Nov 19, 2014: CONNECTOR. DAMAGED. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING AT SEAT 24DE WAS INOPERATIVE. FOUND WIRES BROKEN IN THE CONNECTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED A
- [SDR DALA2014081204442](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014081204442), Aug 10, 2014: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN ROWS 14-22 WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACKS IN THE POWER SUPP
- [SDR DALA14006910933](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14006910933), Feb 1, 2014: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. SHEAR TIE CRACKED BS 1830 & L14L. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 522746-14 REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA14006900933](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14006900933), Jan 31, 2014: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED IN TWO PLACES BETWEEN L13-14L BS 1380. HFEC CHECKED IAW NDTSPM 06-10-01.001. REPAIRED IAW PRI 522688-14, REV 0.
- [SDR DALA14006160933](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14006160933), Jan 28, 2014: RECEPTACLE. WORN. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT BOTH THE LT UPPER AND THE RT UPPER RELEASE SPADE RECEPTACLE FOR THE TAILCONE WERE WORN OUT OF ALLOWABLE LIMITS. THE RECEPTACLES WERE
- [SDR DALA14006150933](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14006150933), Jan 28, 2014: CAM. DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM CAM BASE WAS MISSING HARDWARE; WHICH CAUSED IT TO BE OUT OF ALLOWABLE RIG LIMITS, EXCESSIVE FORE & AF

All 166: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N933DL-2019-09-16/reports.md

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