# N937DL: 1989 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2019-09-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 16, 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: 49810
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: May 8, 1989
- Certificate issued: June 22, 1989
- Last registry action: May 23, 2017
- Mode S code: AD0000
- 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/N937DL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=937DL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N937DL-2019-09-16

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 (122, newest 50)

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

- [SDR DALA2018121807254](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018121807254), Dec 16, 2018: HANDSET. SHORTED. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORT AFT HANDSET IS SHOCKING THEM DURING USE. REPLACED SERVICE INTER PHONE CRADLE AND HANDSET PER MD-88 AMM 23-40-04. SYSTEMS CHECK NORMAL. 
- [SDR DALA2018112306747](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018112306747), Nov 22, 2018: LENS. MISSING. AFT RT POSTION LIGHT LENS COVER MISSING. R/R AFT RT POS LIGHT ASSY PER MD88 AMM 33-43. OPS CK GOOD. SDR REPORTED DUE TO POSSIBILITY THAT LENS MAY HAVE DEPARTED 
- [SDR DALA2018082905335](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018082905335), Aug 28, 2018: SKIN. DENTED. DURING A WALK AROUND, FOUND A DENT ON RT WING LE, BEHIND THE NR 2 SLAT. DENT MEASURES 1 1/8" X 1" DEPTH .155, DENT APPEARS TO HAVE A CRACK AT THE BOTTOM. REPAIR
- [SDR DALA2018063004333](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018063004333), Jun 29, 2018: SKIN. DEBONDED. LT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB DISBONDED ON LOWER SURFACE. REPLACED LEFT CONTROL TAB (S/N 53163) ON JOB 000-005:2730-4634-LT.
- [SDR DALA2018070304330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018070304330), Jun 29, 2018: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. LEADING EDGE ATTACH FASTENERS INDICATE CRACKS, RIGHT HAND SIDE, 1ST HOLE BELOW SPLIT LINE IN LE AND 2ND, 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH ABOVE. C/W ERA 525281-14AD REV A.
- [SDR DALA2018063004299](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018063004299), Jun 25, 2018: SKIN. DEBONDED. LT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB DISBONDED ON LOWER SURFACE. REMOVED/REPLACED LEFT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB PER WORK CARD 2730-4634-LH.
- [SDR DALA2018063004297](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018063004297), Jun 22, 2018: FITTING. CRACKED. NR 2 NOSE COWL- 2EA ADJACENT INTERNAL CLIPS CRACKED AT 5:00 AND 7: 00 POSITIONS. NOSE COWL NEEDS REPLACED PER 7110-2001-02 STEP 2A. NOSE COWL REINSTALLED AFTER 
- [SDR DALA2018051403250](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018051403250), May 10, 2018: SMOKE DETECTOR. FAULTY. AFT LEFT LAV SMOKE DETECTOR IS CHIRPING. R&R SMOKE DETECTOR ASSY -CHKS GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2018050503090](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018050503090), May 5, 2018: WIRE HARNESS. DISCONNECTED. 16D SEAT MOUNTED ESCAPE PATH LIGHT INOP. FOUND HARNESS DISCONNECTED CONNECTED HARNESS AS REQUIRED.
- [SDR DALA2018022701205](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018022701205), Feb 25, 2018: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT ROW 16 - 20. REPLACED THE BATTERIES, CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 33-50.
- [SDR DALA2018012900467](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900467), Jan 27, 2018: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT ON CAT WALK INOP. RETERMINATED EMERGENCY LIGHT CAT WALK PER SPWM CHAPTER 20 AND EWIZ.
- [SDR DALA2017102507782](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017102507782), Oct 25, 2017: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. BOTH AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP, INTERIOR. R&R EMER LIGHT BATTERY PACK AT STA 671R PER WDM 33-51-12, OPS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2017102507781](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017102507781), Oct 25, 2017: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. ROW 14 ABC OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP, LT SIDE. RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 14ABC PER WDM 33-51. A/C OK FOR SVC.
- [SDR DALA2017092107001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017092107001), Sep 21, 2017: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. LEFT EMERGENCY FLOOD LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE. R & R THE FLOOD LIGHT IAW AMM 33-50 , OP CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2017062805041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062805041), Jun 27, 2017: WATER HEATER. DEFECTIVE. AFT LT LAV SMOKE DETECTOR GOING OFF. R&R 3 SMOKE DETECTORS NO HELP 609925. R&R WATER HEATER PER AMM 38-14. PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT AND REPLACED COALESCER BAGS.
- [SDR DALA2017062604958](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062604958), Jun 25, 2017: INLET. CONTAMINATED. ON TAXI OUT, THE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE & FUMES IN AFT CABIN. RETURNED TO GATE AND DEPLANED PASSENGERS. FOUND APU INLET CONTAMINATED WITH OIL.
- [SDR DALA2017050903688](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017050903688), May 8, 2017: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. AFT LEFT SMOKE DETECTOR ALARMED CLIMBING THROUGH 9000FT. IMMEDIATELY SMELLED SMOKE IN COCKPIT APPROX. 30 SEC -1MIN. SMOKE ODOR CLEARED AND ALARM STOPPED. F/A'S 
- [SDR DALA2017050803629](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017050803629), May 7, 2017: CONNECTOR. ARCED. DUE TO REPORT OF AFT LEFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDING WITH AN ASSOCIATED SMOKE ODOR. PILOT ALSO REPORTED AN IMMEDIATE SMOKE ODOR IN COCKPIT. THE COCKPIT OD
- [SDR DALA2017050803682](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017050803682), May 5, 2017: B-NUT. LOOSE. DURING CLIMBOUT, AFT FA SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND AFT LEFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF. NO SMOKE WAS SEEN. FUMES DISSIPATED AND ALARM DEACTIVATED. NO FUME
- [SDR DALA2017050403554](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017050403554), May 4, 2017: APU. OIL CONSUMPTION. SMOKE IN CABIN ON TAXI IN. FOUND APU USING OIL. REPLACED APU AND COMPLETED DUCT BURNOUT AND REPLACED COALESCER BAGS.
- [SDR DALA2017042303310](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017042303310), Apr 22, 2017: LONGERON. CRACKED. AFT CARGO BAY HAD A CRACKED LONGERON END L26R BETWEEN BS 1322 TO 1338. THE LONGERON WAS REPLACED IAW DWG 5936667 REV CD AND SRM 51-30-5.
- [SDR DALA2017040302668](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017040302668), Mar 30, 2017: WIRE HARNESS. DISCONNECTED. EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE AT SEAT 16DE. FOUND THE WIRE HARNESS UNDER SEAT DISCONNECTED. CONNECTED THE WIRE HARNESS, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2017032102261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017032102261), Mar 13, 2017: SKIN. CRACKED. LOWER AFT TAIL CONE HAS A 6.5 INCH CRACK. REMOVED AND REPLACED TAILCONE IAW CARD 5350-0177-0101.
- [SDR DALA2016121209793](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016121209793), Dec 11, 2016: PACKING. DAMAGED. UNIDENTIFIED SMOKE/BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT AND AFT CABIN ON ARRIVAL. AFT LAV SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED INTERMITTENTLY. CREW VERBAL ACFT FLEW THRU YELLOW HAZE PR
- [SDR DALA2016061304568](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016061304568), Jun 12, 2016: HINGE FITTING. CRACKED. CRACKED HINGE FITTING OF SLAT PANEL NR 3, BS XOS= 332 AL LT WING. SLAT PANEL NR 3 WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 27-80-01.
- [SDR DALA2016060904461](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060904461), Jun 8, 2016: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERON NR 2L BS 160. LONGERON 2 LT, Y=160 WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02 FIG 18 AND AIR CONDITION DUCT WAS INSTALLED IAW AMM 20-10-11.
- [SDR DALA2016060704403](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060704403), Jun 6, 2016: BEAM. CRACKED. CRACK BEYOND OF STOP DRILL ON BEAM NR 2 AFT FRAME AT PASSENGER DOOR L-1. BEAM WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 52-05D, FIG 83.
- [SDR DALA2016060704402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060704402), Jun 6, 2016: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON PREVIOUS REPAIR AND BEAM AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT LOWER DOOR JAMB. PREVIOUS REPAIR WAS REPLACE IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 123, SHEET, 3.
- [SDR DALA2016060504348](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060504348), Jun 4, 2016: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK ON LONGERON 12 LT AND BS 1437 IN AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. LONGERON WAS REPLACED IAW DWG 5911433-85 AND DRILLED AND ADJUSTED I.A.W DC-9/MD-80 SRM 51-10-4
- [SDR DALA2016060404358](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060404358), Jun 3, 2016: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN LONGERONS 2 AND 3 LT BS 838. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN LONGS 2-3LT, STA Y=838 WAS REPAIRED BY PLUG IAW
- [SDR DALA2016060404345](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060404345), Jun 3, 2016: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FASTENERS AT UPPER FUSELAGE BETWEEN LONGERONS 4 AND 3 LT BS 276. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN ON BS Y=276 BETWEEN LONGERONS 4-3 LT WAS 
- [SDR DALA2016060404343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060404343), Jun 3, 2016: CHANNEL. CRACKED. CRACKED AFT DOOR JAMB CHANNEL BS 941 AND X=7 AT LT WHEEL WELL AREA. CHANNEL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30-5 AND DWG 5930584, REV.
- [SDR DALA2016031401882](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031401882), Feb 17, 2016: DUCT. DETACHED. FLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT 33K. PERFORMED RAPID DESCENT AND CABIN ALT QRH. REGAINED CABIN ALTITUDE CONTROL IN MANUAL AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. MAINTENANCE FO
- [SDR DALA2015092805853](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015092805853), Sep 25, 2015: OIL SYSTEM. LEAKING. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE FOLLOWING THE AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDING AND THE F/A SMELLING SMOKE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU LEAKING OIL. THE APU W
- [SDR DALA2015083005316](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015083005316), Aug 29, 2015: PIN. DISENGAGED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE L1 DOOR SLIDE PARACHUTE PIN DISENGAGED. THE DOOR SLIDE WAS REPLACED.
- [SDR DALA2015010500122](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015010500122), Jan 4, 2015: COFFEEMAKER. SPARKS. AFTER TAKEOFF THE F/A SAW A FLICKER OF LIGHT IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY COFFEEMAKER AREA, FOLLOWED BY FAINT ELECTRICAL ODOR AND SLIGHT HAZE. THE COFFEEMAKER CIRCUIT 
- [SDR DALA14026500937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14026500937), Apr 28, 2014: SPAR CAP. DAMAGED. RT WING REAR SPAR, XRS 164 LOWER CAP DAMAGED. DOUBLER REPAIR INSTALLED IAW SEC 06 OF WC 5710-01110-06. SEC 05,
- [SDR DALA14026330937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14026330937), Apr 26, 2014: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK INDICATION ON VERTICAL STABILIZER CAP L/E FASTENER HOLE RT SIDE MARKED ON RED. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 525281-14AD REVISION ORIGINAL. PERFORMED RUDDER PITOT LEA
- [SDR DALA14026340937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14026340937), Apr 25, 2014: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK INDICATION ON LT VERTICAL STAB L/E CAP FASTENER. HOLE MARKED IN RED. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 525281-14AD, REV ORIGINAL. PERFORMED RUDDER PITOT LEAK TEST IAW AMM
- [SDR DALA13003170937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13003170937), Jan 19, 2013: WIRE. BROKEN. DURING LINE CHECK, MX FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING AT ROW 16D IN THE CABIN WAS INOPERATIVE. MX FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT THE CONNECTOR AND RECONNECTED
- [SDR DALA12017150937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12017150937), Dec 25, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKES AND EROSION ON LT WINDOW BELT PANEL FRAME EDGES FROM BS 674 TO 750 IAW NRC FORM OM828A, 22, 23, 24, AND 25. LT WINDOW BELT WAS REPAIRED IAW ER
- [SDR DALA12017140937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12017140937), Dec 25, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON RT WINDOW BELT AROUND FRAME FROM BS 579 TO 598. RT WINDOW BELT WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 509654-14, REV ORIGINAL CODE 53-31, RII COMPLETED.
- [SDR DALA12017130937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12017130937), Dec 25, 2012: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME BS 1485. FRAME REPAIRED IAW SRM DRD 53-03D, FIG 48.
- [SDR DALA12017120937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12017120937), Dec 24, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON LT WINDOW BELT FRAME FWD UPPER CORNER STA Y=1003 TO 1022. AREA WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 509653-14, REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA12017110937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12017110937), Dec 24, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON LT WINDOW BELT FRAME FWD EDGE AND FWD LOWER CORNER FROM BS 927. AREA WAS REPAIRED ER/A 509652-14 REV ORIGINAL AND 509655-14 REV ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA12016790937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12016790937), Dec 18, 2012: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT LONGERON 23L BETWEEN BS 1212 TO 1278. SECTION OF LONGERON WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18, DWG 5936021, REV EH.
- [SDR DALA12016780937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12016780937), Dec 18, 2012: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERON 2L BS 1418 AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. LONGERON WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- [SDR DALA12016770937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12016770937), Dec 18, 2012: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 22L BETWEEN BS 1287 TO 1297 AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. SECTION OF LONGERON 22L WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- [SDR DALA12016100937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12016100937), Dec 13, 2012: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT SEAT TRACK X=54 FROM BS 578 TO 579. AREA OUT OF LIMITS. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 4A.
- [SDR DALA12016090937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12016090937), Dec 13, 2012: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT SEAT TRACK X=-54 FROM STA Y=596-598 AT PAX CABIN. AREA OUT OF LIMITS, REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 4A.

All 122: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N937DL-2019-09-16/reports.md

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 20010621016149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010621016149I), Jun 21, 2001: Doug MD88 (N937DL), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On June 21, 2001, at 1345 EST, delta airlines flight 1190, an MD-80, landed on runway 28L after declaring an emergency due to a pressurization problem.…

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