# N962DL: 1990 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2024-12-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 30, 2024
- 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: 49981
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: June 18, 1990
- Certificate issued: April 16, 2014
- Last registry action: January 31, 2023
- Mode S code: AD63EA
- 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/N962DL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=962DL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N962DL-2024-12-30

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 (92, newest 50)

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

- [SDR DALA2019101705945](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019101705945), Oct 17, 2019: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP IN F/C. R/R BATTERY PACK AT 4CD PER MD88 AMM 33-53. CK GOOD. (LP6604852)
- [SDR DALA2019101705946](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019101705946), Oct 16, 2019: SMOKE DETECTOR. MALFUNCTIONED. SMOKE DETECTOR CHIRPING LOC 203. REMOVED & REPLACED 203 SMOKE DETECTOR OPS CHK GOOD. REF MD88 AMM 26-13. (LP1317887)
- [SDR DALA2019050802892](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019050802892), May 8, 2019: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING CK FOUND FIRST CLASS CEILING PANEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK IN PWR SUPPLY B5-100 IAW AMM 33-53. OPS CKS NML. (LP5800797)
- [SDR DALA2019042602656](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019042602656), Apr 25, 2019: FRAME. CRACKED. UPPER CANTED FRAME CRACKED AT 12 OCLOCK POSITION. REMOVED UPPER CTR FRAME ASSY. DRILLED UP REPLACEMENT FRAME PER MD88 DRAWING 5966768Y1. 301936. REINSTALLED UPP
- [SDR DALA2019032501889](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019032501889), Mar 24, 2019: UNKNOWN. ODOR. DEPARTED AND SMELLED BAD ODOR DIVERTED TO MCI AFTER DELARING AN EMERGENCY NORMAL LANDING. OPENED BORESCOPE INSPECTION PORTS REF AMM 72-00-00-290-801C1. BORESCOP
- [SDR DALA2018112906875](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018112906875), Nov 20, 2018: SKIN. CORRODED. MD-88 FUSELAGE STA 480 & L-30 CORROSION - REQUIRED PERMANENT REPAIR ACCOMPLISHMENT. CURRENT REVISION LEVEL OF ER/A 563889-14 IS REV. A. RESULTS OF DTA/DTE HAVE 
- [SDR DALA2018102506275](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102506275), Oct 25, 2018: CONNECTOR. NOT SEATED. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT 20 ED NOT ILLUMINATING. RESEATED CONNECTOR.
- [SDR DALA2018102506270](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102506270), Oct 25, 2018: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHT IN AFT VENTRAL STARS OVERHEAD PANEL NOT ILLUMINATING. REPLACED BATTERIES IN EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY B5-28 IAW AMM 33-53.
- [SDR DALA2018101706133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018101706133), Oct 17, 2018: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. ROW 16-20 ABC OVERHEAD E-LIGHTS INOP. R+R BATTERIES IN B5-102. OPS CK SAT. PER AMM 33-50. (LP4414850)
- [SDR DALA2018081605105](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018081605105), Aug 16, 2018: SLIDE. NO TEST. JETTISON TAIL CONE AND DEPLOY AFT SLIDE ROUTINE CARD 2562-7267 FAILED THE DEPLOYMENT TEST. CABLE IMPROPERLY ROUTED. ROUTED CABLE THE CORRECT WAY INSTALLED NEW S
- [SDR DALA2018081004973](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018081004973), Aug 10, 2018: SMOKE DETECTOR. MALFUNCTIONED. RT AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WAS BEEPING. REPLACED THE SMOKE DETECTOR IAW AMM 26-13. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2018040202048](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018040202048), Apr 2, 2018: SMOKE DETECTOR. DIRTY. AFT LEFT SIDE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED DURING CRUISE. A/C PACKS AT 12 & 1 O'CLOCK IN AUTO MODE. COOLED PACKS AND SMOKE DETECTOR STOPPED. FOUND SMOKE DE
- [SDR DALA2018020200605](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018020200605), Feb 1, 2018: SLIDE. ABNORMAL. LATE FINDING: UNFOLDING TAIL CONE SLIDE AT AFT ACCESORIES COMPARMENT. TAIL CONE SLIDE S/N:1586RP WAS REMOVED PER MD88 AMM 25-62-01 AND SERVICIABLE TAIL CONE SLI
- [SDR DALA2018013100518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018013100518), Jan 30, 2018: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. SEVERAL CORROSION POINTS AROUND FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT DOOR JAMB. CORROSION LEVEL 2 FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT DOOR JAMB WAS REPAIRED (PERMANENT REPAIR) PER ER/A 5654
- [SDR DALA2018013000499](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018013000499), Jan 28, 2018: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKS ( 2 EA ) ON DORSAL FIN L/E ACCESS PANEL 6301A CUTOUT AT VERTICAL STABILIZER. DORSAL FIN L/E ACCESS PANEL 6301A CUTOUT AT VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS REPAIRED
- [SDR DALA2018013000498](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018013000498), Jan 28, 2018: ANGLE. CRACKED. CRACK IN ELBOW DUCT ANGLE AT RT NOSE COWLING YN= 19.430 AND 12 O'CLOCK POSITION, ALSO MISALIGNED MIXING TUBE AT RT NOSE COWLING 12 O'CLOCK POSITION. ELBOW DUCT 
- [SDR DALA2018012900466](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900466), Jan 27, 2018: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME ON STA Y=1510 CANT 5HRS POSITION AT AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT. FRAME ON STA Y=1510 CANT 5 HRS. POSITION AT AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT WAS REPLA
- [SDR DALA2018012900465](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900465), Jan 26, 2018: FRAME. CRACKED. OUT OF LIMITS: EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON FRAME STA=1287 BTW LONG 28R AND 28L AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. FRAME WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 53-03D FIG 2A.
- [SDR DALA2018012900464](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900464), Jan 26, 2018: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK IN LONGERON 4L STA 200 AT PAX CABIN. DAMAGE LONGERON 4L STA 200 AT PAX CABIN WAS REPAIRED (PERMANENT REPAIR) PER SRM 53-02 FIG 18.
- [SDR DALA2018012900463](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900463), Jan 26, 2018: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT APU ACCESS DOOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SKIN. THE APU DOOR THAT WAS REMOVED WITH THE PART NUMBER 5914694-95 AND SERIAL NUMBER: DL14 AND THE SERVIC
- [SDR DALA2018012900462](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900462), Jan 26, 2018: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT APU ACCESS DOOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SKIN. THE APU DOOR THAT WAS REMOVED WITH THE PART NUMBER 5914694-95 AND SERIAL NUMBER: DL14 AND THE SERVIC
- [SDR DALA2018012900460](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900460), Jan 26, 2018: FITTING. CORRODED. OUT OF LIMITS: CORROSION ON FRAME CLIP STA Y=1231 BTW LONG 29R TO 30 AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. FRAME CLIP (EXTRUSION P/N: S2506195-12000) STA Y=1231 BTW LONG 29
- [SDR DALA2018012900457](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012900457), Jan 25, 2018: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT APU ACCESS DOOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SKIN. THE APU DOOR THAT WAS REMOVED WITH THE PART NUMBER 5914694-95 AND SERIAL NUMBER: DL14 AND THE SERVIC
- [SDR DALA2018012400401](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018012400401), Jan 23, 2018: LANYARD. DAMAGED. INITIAL INSPECTION: DAMAGE LANYARD OF FWD PASSENGER ENTRANCE DOOR L1 SLIDE. L1 RELEASE LANYARD CABLE WAS REPLACED AND VERIFIED PER IPC 25-60-00-34.
- [SDR DALA2017120408409](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017120408409), Dec 3, 2017: SKIN. CRACKED. ON WALKAROUND FOUND CORROSION WITH CRACK ON OUTER SKIN ON LOWER UHF ANTENNA. CUT OUT DAMAGE OND REMOVED INTERNAL PARTS FOR ACCESS. C/W ER/A 563889-14 REV 0 ON N
- [SDR DALA2017120408414](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017120408414), Dec 3, 2017: NOT REPORTED. CORRODED. C/W PRI 563889-14 REV ORIGINAL. CORROSION FUSELAGE STATION 480 AND LONGERON L-30. C/W PRI 563889-14 REV 1. C/W 563889-14 REV 0. (LP0323707)
- [SDR DALA2017111708214](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017111708214), Nov 17, 2017: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. COCKPIT OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. R & R THE BATTERY PACK IAW AMM 33-53. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2017102307713](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017102307713), Oct 23, 2017: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD TAIL CONE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE BATTERIES, OPS CHECKED LIGHTS AND BATTERY CHARGER IAW AMM 33-50.
- [SDR DALA2017072405645](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017072405645), Jul 21, 2017: TIRE. FAILED. NR 1 MAIN TIRE, LEFT TIRE MAIN CORD SHREDDED. TIRE DAMAGED AFTER USING MAX AUTO BRAKE AND THEN ACFT CAME TO ABRUPT STOP. SMOKE FROM TIRE WAS NOTED BY TOWER. REP
- [SDR DALA2017070705270](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017070705270), Jul 7, 2017: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. SEAT 29 MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LIGHT ASSY IAW AMM 33-53. OPS CHECKED OK.
- [SDR DALA2017030501770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017030501770), Mar 4, 2017: ANGLE. CRACKED. LEFT LOUVER PANEL FOUND A CRACKED ANGLE, BS 1463. REPLACED THE ANGLE IAW DWG 9911839.
- [SDR DALA2017030501769](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017030501769), Mar 4, 2017: SUPPORT. CRACKED. BS 1463 FOUND BRIDGE SUPPORT ROD BRACKET CRACKED. REMOVED BRIDGE SUPPORT. FABRICATED AND REPLACED IAW DWG 5930556.
- [SDR DALA2016111008444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111008444), Nov 10, 2016: CONNECTOR. DAMAGED. RIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE ERRATIC AND HIGH. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN. POSITIVE OIL PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED DURING WINDMILLING TIME. MAINT
- [SDR DALA2016070705207](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016070705207), Jul 6, 2016: COFFEEMAKER. MALFUNCTIONED. COFFEEMAKER, F303, NR 1 TURNED ON. IN FLT, SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING. SECURED, ODOR DISSIPATED IMMEDIATELY. DEFERRED IAW NEF 253602. COFFEEMAKER REPLACED ON 08
- [SDR DALA2016021201002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016021201002), Feb 11, 2016: DOOR SILL. CORRODED. LOWER CARGO DOOR SILL HAS SEVERAL AREAS OF CORROSION AND EDGE SEAL DETERIORATED. REPAIRED IAW PRI 543287-14 ALL REVISIONS AND COMPLIED WITH ERA 543287-14, REV O
- [SDR DALA2015121807665](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015121807665), Dec 17, 2015: HEATER. FAILED. ACFT HAD SLIGHT ODOR, HAZE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. FLIGHT CREW NOTED 1 PHASE OF CARGO HEAT C/B POPPED. PULLED REMAINING C/BS AND ALL DISSIPATED. MAINTENANCE FOUND
- [SDR DALA2015112007083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015112007083), Nov 19, 2015: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. ER/A 519139-14, REV A,VERTICAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR CAP, CRACK REPAIRED IAW ER/A 519139-14, REV A.
- [SDR DALA2015091405621](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015091405621), Sep 11, 2015: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. DURING SERVICE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CEILING FORWARD OF AFT CABIN DOOR INOPERATIVE. BATTERIES AT B5-27 AND B5-28 WERE REPLACED.
- [SDR DALA2015030901992](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015030901992), Mar 5, 2015: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND 3 CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE IN THE FWD CABIN AREA. MSP MAINTENANCE R & R THE EMERGENCY LIGHT POWER SUPPLY IAW MM 33-53-00. OPS CHEC
- [SDR DALA2015022401621](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015022401621), Feb 24, 2015: WIRE. DAMAGED. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE FLOOR MOUNTED EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING FOR ROWS 1-12 AND THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS AT DOORS L1 & R1 WERE INOPERATIVE. 
- [SDR DALA2016110808569](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110808569), Mar 5, 2014: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT CUSP WEB X=-54 TO X=-60 BETWEEN STA Y=793 TO STA Y=800, FLOOR CABIN STRUCTURE. DAMAGE WAS REMOVED, REPAIR PARTS WERE FABRICATED, TRIMMED, DRILLE
- [SDR DALA13071080962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13071080962), Dec 22, 2013: CAM. MISINSTALLED. DURING ZONE FINAL CHECK, NOTED MISINSTALLED RELEASE MECHANISM CAM OF TAILCONE. INSTALLED RELEASE MECHANISM CAM CORRECTLY IAW AMM 53-53-02-201.
- [SDR DALA13071090962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13071090962), Dec 21, 2013: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. DURING CHECK, CORROSION FOUND ON RT WING HEATER BLANKET AROUND FUEL ACCESS PANEL. REPLACED ACCESS PANEL IAW AMM 30-80-02.
- [SDR DALA13071070962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13071070962), Dec 21, 2013: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. DURING CHECK, CORROSION FOUND ON LT WING HEATER BLANKET AROUND FUEL ACCESS PANEL. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 519147-14.
- [SDR DALA13071060962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13071060962), Dec 21, 2013: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. DURING CHECK, A CRACK FOUND ON RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR CAP APPROXIMATELY STA XE 14.525. SPAR CAP REPLACED IAW DWG SR09550030, REV "C" CONFIG. 7006.
- [SDR DALA13070260962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13070260962), Dec 17, 2013: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION FOUND ON FRAME BS 1380 L25LT & RT AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. LOWER FRAME TEE AT BS 1380 WAS REPLACED IAW ER/A 521172-14 REV ORIGINAL AND DWG 991224
- [SDR DALA13069760962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13069760962), Dec 15, 2013: WEB. DAMAGED. ELONGATED HOLES ON WEB, ANGLES AND FITTING BETWEEN XH=27 AND XHS=97 ALSO ON PRODUCTION DOUBLER BETWEEN XH=27 AND XHS=41 AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR. D
- [SDR DALA13069750962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13069750962), Dec 13, 2013: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKS ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 1437 BETWEEN LONGERONS 3&4R. DAMAGE REMOVED, REPAIR FABRICATED, TREATED, PAINTED AND REPAIR INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 53-04 FIG. 
- [SDR DALA13068940962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13068940962), Dec 12, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. LIGHTING STRIKE AT LT WINDOW BELT FWD LOWER CORNER BETWEEN BS 522 - 541. BLENDED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG III,
- [SDR DALA13067050962](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA13067050962), Dec 6, 2013: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS ON INTERCOSTAL BELOW DOOR FRAME WEB, BS 1183 AND 1193 AT AFT CARGO BAY. INTERCOSTALS REMOVED IAW SRM 51-30-2-51-30-5. NEW INTERCOSTALS I

All 92: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N962DL-2024-12-30/reports.md

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20050213006089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050213006089I), Feb 13, 2005: Doug MD88 (N962DL), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Desk audit: on February 13, 2005, at approximately 2006 eastern standard time, a Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, N962DL, flight number 1213 conducted under 14…
- [Incident 19911212059969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911212059969I), Dec 12, 1991: Doug MD88 (N962DL), Covington - Cin, OH. Left engine oil strainer clogged light on. Aborted takeoff. Replaced left engine oil filter.

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