# N938DL: 1989 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2020-10-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 8, 2020
- 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: 49811
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: May 19, 1989
- Certificate issued: June 23, 1989
- Last registry action: July 17, 2020
- Mode S code: AD03B7
- 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/N938DL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=938DL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N938DL-2020-10-08

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 (129, newest 50)

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

- [SDR DALA2018080304835](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018080304835), Aug 2, 2018: CHARGER. ODOR. DURING WALKAROUND NOTICED ELECTRICAL FUME/SMELL FROM E&E COMPARTMENT AND FWD GALLEY. FOUND BATTERY CHARGER RELAY A2 TERMINAL BURNT. REMOVED A/C BATTERIES PER AM
- [SDR DALA2018061804043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018061804043), Jun 18, 2018: SPAR. CRACKED. RT HOR STAB AFT SPAR UPR CHORD- INBD FASTENER HAS A 3/16 INCH CRACK AT 12:00 EXTENDING PAST HEAD. MK'D VERIFIED WITH HFEC PER NDT SPM 06-10-01.001. RT HORIZONTA
- [SDR DALA2018061804041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018061804041), Jun 16, 2018: SLIDE. DEFECTIVE. AFT SLIDE P/N D29985-103 S/N 0980 DEFECTIVE UPPER RELEASE PIN / TIE OFF. REMOVED AND REPLACE SLIDE PER 2561-4002.
- [SDR DALA2018061504022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018061504022), Jun 14, 2018: SKIN. GOUGED. LT WING OB TE FLAP HAS GOUGE IN UPPER SURFACE APPROX 43 IN FROM IB EDGE. REPAIRED PER PRI 569265-14 REV 0 AND 1. COMPLIED WITH ER/A 569265-14 REV ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA2018061504020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018061504020), Jun 13, 2018: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING FORWARD GALLEY NTF REPLACEMENT, FOUND CORROSION ON FLOOR BEAM BETWEEN FLOOR PANEL 160B & 160C. REPLACED FLOOR SUPPORT REF SRM 51-01, PAGE 1 AND DWG 99365
- [SDR DALA2018060403776](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018060403776), Jun 2, 2018: MECHANISM. OUT OF ADJUST. TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM CAM FAILED TORQUE CHECK. ADJUSTED CAM MECHANISM W/REF TO AMM 53-53-02.
- [SDR DALA2018041102334](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018041102334), Apr 10, 2018: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. NUMEROUS CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS OUT. REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK B5-100, B5-102, B5-106, AND B5-107 IAW AMM 33-53-00.
- [SDR DALA2017122208816](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017122208816), Dec 20, 2017: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WILL NOT TURN OFF. REPLACED THE SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERY AND TESTED GOOD IAW AMM 26-21.
- [SDR DALA2017121808719](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017121808719), Dec 17, 2017: CONNECTOR. DISCONNECTED. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT 23 DE INOPERATIVE. FOUND THE CONNECTOR DISCONNECTED. RECONNECTED.
- [SDR DALA2017121808650](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017121808650), Dec 15, 2017: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS BETWEEN ROWS 11 AND 15 INOP. REPLACED BATTERIES AT BATTERY PACK ROW 12 RIGHT. OPS CKS GOOD PER AMM 33-50.
- [SDR DALA2017101007389](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017101007389), Oct 9, 2017: DOOR. EXCESS PLAY. CREW REPORTED DURING TAKE OFF, THE CREW REPORTED A NOSE WHEEL VIBRATION AND RUBBER ODOR AT V1. FLT CONTINUED. AFTER LANDING, THE TIRE TREAD WAS INTACT WITH NO V
- [SDR DALA2017072805729](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017072805729), Jul 27, 2017: FUSE. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN AFT SECTION OF CABIN ARE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE FUSES IN THE AFT BATTERY PACK. CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 33-53.
- [SDR DALA2017070805271](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017070805271), Jul 7, 2017: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. RT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LAMPS, CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2015040602627](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015040602627), Apr 5, 2015: CONNECTOR. FAILED. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROW 4C, 24E, 28E, AND 33E IN THE CABIN WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A FAILED CONNECTOR 
- [SDR DALA14023540938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14023540938), Apr 15, 2014: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE RED EMERGENCY LIGHT FOR EXIT ROW 24DE WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND PERFORMED A SAT
- [SDR DALA14017150938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14017150938), Mar 16, 2014: SKIN. CRACKED. ACFT SKIN HAS A .3750" CRACK AT FASTENER HOLE, BS 1380, 1 INCH ABOVE LONGERON 13 LT. CONFIRMED WITH HFEC, SUMMARY OF EMPOWER NRC 68; REPAIRED IAW PRI ER/A 52413
- [SDR DALA14017140938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA14017140938), Mar 15, 2014: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE EXTERIOR, CRACK EMINATING FROM FASTENER AT BS 1437 JUST BELOW RT SKATE ANGLE. HFEC VERIFIED, REF NR 102, COMPLETED REPAIR IAW PRI 524140-14, REV ORIG W
- [SDR DALA12012300938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012300938), Nov 5, 2012: LANYARD. MISINSTALLED. INSPECTION DISCOVERED THAT THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE IN THE TAILCONE HAD AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED LANYARD. THE TAILCONE SLIDE AND LANYARD WERE INSTALLED CORRECT
- [SDR DALA12012280938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012280938), Nov 4, 2012: RELEASE CABLE. FRAYED. MX DISCOVERED THAT THE TAILCONE RELEASE CABLE WAS FRAYED BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AND THE SYSTEM WAS RIGGED TO SPECIFICATIONS.
- [SDR DALA12012070938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012070938), Nov 1, 2012: TEE FITTING. CRACKED. DETAILED INSPECTION PERFORMED. CRACKED TEE OF LT MLG JAMB WAS FOUND. REMOVED AND NEW TEE WAS DRILLED, TREATED, PAINTED AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-02, 51-10-4, 
- [SDR DALA12012060938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012060938), Nov 1, 2012: BEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BEAM BS 1221 BETWEEN LONGERONS 30 AND 28 RIGHT AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT (C3). FASTENERS AND CORROSION WERE REMOVED AND REWORKED AREA WAS TREATED AN
- [SDR DALA12012050938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012050938), Nov 1, 2012: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER DOOR FRAME BEAM AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT BETWEEN BS 652 TO 677. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 506669-14 REV O.
- [SDR DALA12012150938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012150938), Oct 31, 2012: WINDOW FRAME. NICKED. NICK ON LT WINDOW BELT FRAME BTW BS 1193-1212 AFT LOWER CORNER. AREA WAS BLEND OUT, MEASURE, AND TREATED IAW ER/A 506655-14 REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA12012140938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012140938), Oct 31, 2012: WINDOW FRAME. DAMAGED. SCRATCH ON LT WINDOW BELT FRAME BETWEEN BS 636-655 AFT LOWER CORNER. AREA WAS BLEND OUT, MEASURE, AND TREATED IAW ER/A 506655-14, REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA12012130938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012130938), Oct 31, 2012: WINDOW FRAME. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON RT WINDOW BELT FRAME BETWEEN BS 370-389 AFT LOWER CORNER. AREA WAS BLEND OUT, MEASURE, AND TREATED IAW ER/A 506655-14, REV ORIG .
- [SDR DALA12012120938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012120938), Oct 31, 2012: WINDOW FRAME. DAMAGED. LIGHTNING STRIKE ON RT WINDOW BELT FRAME BTW BS 465-484 FWD EDGE AND AFT UPPER CORNER. AREA WAS BLEND OUT MEASURE TREATED IAW ER/A 506655-14, REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA12012110938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012110938), Oct 31, 2012: PAN. CRACKED. CRACKED OUTER PAN ON AFT EDGE BELOW TO STOP FITTING NR 3 OF FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT DOOR AFT EDGE REF NRC (T0 262757) PAN WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 52-05D FIG 50 RII C
- [SDR DALA12012100938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12012100938), Oct 31, 2012: BEARING. WORN. DURING INSPECTION OF THE TAILCONE RELEASE SYSTEM, MX FOUND THE RELEASE CAM BEARING WORN BEYOND LIMITS, ALLOWING EXCESSIVE FREE PLAY. THE CAM BEARING WAS REPLACE
- [SDR DALA12011890938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011890938), Oct 30, 2012: DUCT. CRACKED. CRACKED RADIO RACK COOLING EXHAUST DUCT ON FWD CORNERS. REPAIRED IAW ERA 464964-14 MA REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA12011870938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011870938), Oct 30, 2012: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER WING TO FUSELAGE FILLET FAIRING FROM BS 1114 TO 1119 L24 TO 30 LT. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-04 P57.
- [SDR DALA12011760938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011760938), Oct 30, 2012: STRINGER. CORRODED. CORROSION ON PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER BS 465 TO 535 BTW STA X=-50 TO -60. REPLACED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 827D AND 53-05, FIG 131 & DWG 9930538, REV CF.
- [SDR DALA12011710938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011710938), Oct 30, 2012: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 24L BS 1290. REPLACED LONGERON IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- [SDR DALA12011540938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011540938), Oct 29, 2012: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK ON LONGERON 8R BS 1309 . REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18 AND DWG 5936436.
- [SDR DALA12011530938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011530938), Oct 29, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT CUSP WEB BTW X=54-60 FROM STA Y=579-983. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 131A-10.
- [SDR DALA12011520938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011520938), Oct 29, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER AT RT CUSP WEB BTW X=-54 TO X=-60 FROM BS 938-1020. CUSP WEB REPAIRED IAW 53-05 D FIG 827D AND ERA 398191-14MA REV B ASSOCI
- [SDR DALA12011510938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011510938), Oct 29, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS ON LT CUSP WEB FROM STA 787- 804 BETWEEN X=54 TO X=60 AT PAX CABIN WITH REF OM828H CARD 33, ZONE 58 AND NRC (T0 262756). REF NRC (T0 263
- [SDR DALA12011770938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011770938), Oct 28, 2012: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERON 13 LT BS 1380. REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30-5 AND 53-02 FIG 18, DDWG 5911433 REV.
- [SDR DALA12011750938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011750938), Oct 28, 2012: SUPPORT. CRACKED. CRACKED LT SLANT SUPPORTS STA Y=560 AND RT STA Y=560, 598 AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT (C2) REF NRC: (T0 263134). SLANT SUPPORT WERE REPLACED IAW ERA 413029-14MA RE
- [SDR DALA12011700938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011700938), Oct 28, 2012: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL FROM STA BS 1309 TO 1322. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTALS IAW SLM 51-30-2.
- [SDR DALA12011690938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011690938), Oct 28, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT CUSP WEB UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE BETWEEN BS 769 TO 755 X= -54 AND X= -60. REPAIRED IAW DRD 53-05D, FIG 827D.
- [SDR DALA12011500938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011500938), Oct 28, 2012: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN FWD STAIRWAY DOOR JAMB AFT LWR CORNER. CRACK ON FUSELAFE SKIN ON FWD STAIRWAY DOOR JAMB AFT LOWER CORNER WAS REPAIRED IAW ERA/A 506635-14
- [SDR DALA12011860938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011860938), Oct 27, 2012: PAN. CRACKED. CRACKED INNER PAN ON AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT DOOR INNER STRUCTURE OF AFT EDGE BTW UPPER EDGE AND BEAM NR 5. PAN WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 455904-14MA REV A ASSOCIATED
- [SDR DALA12011850938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011850938), Oct 27, 2012: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT CUSP WEB UPPER LOWER SURFACE BETWEEN BS 987 TO 1054 X=54 TO X=60. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-05.
- [SDR DALA12011740938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011740938), Oct 27, 2012: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SEAT TRACK X=44 FROM BS 1136 TO 1160. SEAT TRACK REPLACED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG YF.
- [SDR DALA12011730938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011730938), Oct 27, 2012: SUPPORT. BROKEN. BROKEN SLANT PANEL SUPPORTS BS 237 AND 256. PANEL SUPPORTS REPLACED IAW E/A 413029-14 MA REV.
- [SDR DALA12011720938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011720938), Oct 27, 2012: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 23L BS 1297 TO 1323. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02-F16.
- [SDR DALA12014620938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12014620938), Oct 26, 2012: SKIN. DAMAGED. A LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS REPORTED ON THE RT WINDOW BELT PANEL BETWEEN BS 579 AND 598. A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED.
- [SDR DALA12011680938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011680938), Oct 26, 2012: SUPPORT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER SUPPORT OF AFT BULKHEAD BETWEEN 24RH TO 24LH AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT. REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 2, (SHEET 3).
- [SDR DALA12011230938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011230938), Oct 26, 2012: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERONS 3 LT AT INTERSECTION WITH FRAME Y=1437 AFT ACCESSORY COMP. LONGERON REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18.
- [SDR DALA12011210938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA12011210938), Oct 25, 2012: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK ON LONGERON NR 4 RT AT STA Y=1212 CABIN STRUCTURE. LONGERON WAS REPAIR IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18, RII COMPLETED.

All 129: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N938DL-2020-10-08/reports.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL91FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA090), May 6, 1991: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88 (N938DL), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE VAN DRIVER'S INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT AND POOR DIVISION OF ATTENTION.

## FAA accident and incident reports (5)

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 19970916033459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970916033459I), Sep 16, 1997: Doug MD88 (N938DL), Albuquerque, NM. Narrative: delta flight 270, MD 88-88, on 9/16/97, cvr-abq. During cruise the H2 hydraulic supply line cracked causing a substantial fluid loss. The flight…
- [Incident 19930926041419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930926041419I), Sep 26, 1993: Doug MD88 (N938DL), Shreveport, LA. On a 180 degree turn around on runway nose wheel slid off wet runway. Became stuck in mud.
- [Incident 19920823040639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920823040639I), Aug 23, 1992: Doug MD88 (N938DL), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Departed end of runway on rollout. Landed on a wet runway.
- [Accident 19910505014319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910505014319A), May 5, 1991: Doug MD88 (N938DL), Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. Van driver failed yield right of way to taxiing airliner,collided with left wing. Dark night. Raining. Lighted ramp
- [Incident 19900308009979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900308009979I), Mar 8, 1990: Doug MD88 (N938DL), Syracuse, NY. Landing gear failed to retract on climb. Returned. Found nose strut flat.

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