# N970DL: 1990 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2022-08-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 24, 2022
- 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: 53173
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: January 18, 1991
- Certificate issued: June 22, 2021
- Last registry action: August 24, 2022
- Mode S code: AD83FB
- Owner when cancelled: [USA Jet Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/USA%20JET%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [Belleville, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Belleville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.1832° N, 83.4890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 48111, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N970DL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=970DL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N970DL-2022-08-24

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 (229, newest 50)

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

- [SDR DALA2020010383](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2020010383), Jan 19, 2020: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. COCKPIT AND FWD GALLEY CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERIES IN FWD BATTERY PACK AT B5-23. OPS CHKS GOOD, A/C OK FOR SVC, REF MD88 AMM 33-53. (LP6466
- [SDR DALA2020011500280](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2020011500280), Jan 15, 2020: SLIDE. UNWANTED DEPLOY. L-1 DOOR SLIDE FAILED DEPLOYMENT MPN D29982-113 SN 3572. REPLACED L-1 DOOR SLIDE PER W/C 2561-4964 REF LOG 1446204. (LP1446677)
- [SDR DALA2020011200203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2020011200203), Jan 10, 2020: FRAME. CRACKED. AFT FRAME CRACKED AT ALIGNMENT PIN BETWEEN 6 AND 7 0'CLOCK POSITION. REMOVED AFT TAILCONE SLIDE PER MD88 AMM 25-62. STARTED REMOVAL OF AFT FRAME PER DRAWING 596
- [SDR DALA2020011000181](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2020011000181), Jan 10, 2020: GUSSET. CRACKED. TAIL CONE GUSSET AT 4:00 POSITION CRACKED. NEW TAIL CONE ORDERED , TAIL CONE INSTALLED ON AMDS W/C 5350- 01077-0101. TAILCONE, AFT U OFF 88-5353-9-0002 49828 ON
- [SDR DALA2019111406636](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019111406636), Nov 13, 2019: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP AT BACK OF COCKPIT OVD PNL AND ABOVE L1 R1 DOORS. RPLCD EMERG BATTERY PACK ASSY AND BATTERIES FOR OVHD EMERG LIGHTS LOCATED ON FWD CTR ISL
- [SDR DALA2019092605517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019092605517), Sep 26, 2019: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. SEAT ROW 21 EMERG LIGHT INOP. RPLCD EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 21. REF AMM 33-52. CKS GOOD. (LP6406723)
- [SDR DALA20190603360](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA20190603360), May 23, 2019: FIRE WARNING. FALSE ACTIVATION. NO 1 ENGINE FREE LOOP B CAME ON AT CRUISE. CHECKLIST COMPLETED FREE LOOP A TEST GOOD. T/S PER MD88 AMM 26-10. INSPECTED, CLEANED, AND SECURED FIRE LOOPS. FOUND 
- [SDR DALA2018102606301](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102606301), Oct 25, 2018: SKIN. CRACKED. AWR- MTC REQUEST IN REFERENCE LOG 0249740 FUSELAGE - SKIN - STA 1380 - L13R-L14R - CRACK AND EXISTING REPAIR JOB NOR 44 PERFORM ER/A 551385-14 REV.A SECTION II.
- [SDR DALA2018102506298](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102506298), Oct 24, 2018: FRAME. CRACKED. INITIAL INSPECTION: CRACK ON FRAME STA 1510 AT 4 AND 5 OCLOCK POSITION. FRAME STA 1510 AT 4 AND 5 OCLOCK POSITION WAS REPAIRED PER ETI-88-18-070 REV. 2 AND ER/A
- [SDR DALA2018102506268](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102506268), Oct 24, 2018: DOUBLER. WORN. WEAR ON UPPER DOUBLER OF RT WING OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD VANE. RT WING OUTBD FLAP INBD VANE WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 57-03D. PAR 11.
- [SDR DALA2018102406266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102406266), Oct 23, 2018: SKIN. DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FS 370 AND 400 BELOW L-23L. PERMANENT REPAIR WAS PERFORMED AT FS 370- FS 400, BELOW L-23L PER ETI-88-18-071 REV ORIG AND ER-A NR
- [SDR DALA2018102206185](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102206185), Oct 21, 2018: BEAM. CRACKED. CRACK ON BEAM BELOW TORQUE TUBE STA 1485 AT AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT. NRC 00275: BEAM BELOW TORQUE TUBE STA 1485 AT AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT WAS REPLACED 
- [SDR DALA2018102206184](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102206184), Oct 17, 2018: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKED FUSELAGE SKIN STA Y 1309 BTW LONGS 6R-7R (FUS). NRC 00016: AREA WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 53-04-2 FIG. 2 SHEET 15. PERFORM A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE
- [SDR DALA2018101706132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018101706132), Oct 16, 2018: THRESHOLD. CRACKED. BEND AND CRACK ON THRESHOLD OF L1 ENTRACE. BEND AND CRACK ON THRESHOLD OF L1 WERE REPAIRED PER ER/A 552864-14MA REV. A AND SRM 51-10-2. (LP0787158)
- [SDR DALA2018101706131](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018101706131), Oct 15, 2018: SPLICE. CRACKED. INITIAL INSPECTION: CRACKED SPLICE AND ANGLE STA XRS=164 AT RT WING FRONT SPAR. SPLICE AND ANGLE AT STA XRS=164 ON RT WING FRONT SPAR WERE REPLACED PER PER SRM 
- [SDR DALA2018101506037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018101506037), Oct 13, 2018: DOUBLER. WORN. INITIAL INSPECTION: WEAR ON LOWER CORNERS DOUBLERS AT FWD CARGO COMPARMENT DOOR. CORNERS DOUBLERS AT FWD CARGO COMPARMENT DOOR WERE REPLACED PER ER/A NR 486624-
- [SDR DALA2018062804249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018062804249), Jun 27, 2018: APU. FAILED. DURING BOARDING, THE APU HAD AN AUTO SHUTDOWN, AN ODOR BEGAN TO FILL CABIN. PASSENGERS DEPLANED. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED APU HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE WITH SMOKE C
- [SDR DALA2018060403810](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018060403810), Jun 3, 2018: COUPLING. LOOSE. EMERGENCY DECLARED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO TLH DUE TO ODOR NEAR ROW 35. THE ODOR PERSISTED UNTIL ENGINE SHUTDOWN. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS PERFORMED. MAINTENANCE
- [SDR DALA2018020200604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018020200604), Feb 1, 2018: SKIN. CRACKED. RT INBOARD GEAR DOOR SKIN CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT MLG INBOARD DOOR REF AMM 32-12. ADJ/ TEST GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2017120408408](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017120408408), Dec 2, 2017: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. RED EMERGENCY LIGHT AT EXIT ROW 24 DE INOP. RELAMPED OP CKS OK. (LP3358413)
- [SDR DALA2018102506269](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018102506269), Apr 17, 2017: PAINT. CRACKED. ON WALKAROUND FOUND PAIN MISSING AND CRACKED ON UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF RUDDER. PAINT MISSING AND CRACKED ON UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF RUDDER WAS REPAIRED PER ERA-092613-
- [SDR DALA2017011800479](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017011800479), Jan 18, 2017: CONNECTOR. DISCONNECTED. ROW 16 EMERGENCY LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. CONNECTED THE CONNECTOR IAW ESPM 20, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.
- [SDR DALA2018112326746](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018112326746), Dec 8, 2016: SPAR CAP. DAMAGED. HORIZONTAL STAB RHS UPPER, AFT SPAR CAP FASTENER HOLE OVERSIZE ER/A 549705-14AD. LEVEL OF ER/A 549705-14AD IS REV. B. LOGPAGE IS OKAY TO TERMINATE. RESULTS OF D
- [SDR DALA2016110908434](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908434), Nov 8, 2016: LIGHT. FAILED. BURNING RUBBER ODOR DURING TAKE OFF ROLL TO 2000 FT, NO OTHER INDICATIONS. SMELL SUBSIDED AT 2000' AT 3000', SNAP HEARD AND FOUND CIRCUIT BREAKER L11 UPPER ANTI
- [SDR DALA2016102407527](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102407527), Oct 22, 2016: RELEASE CABLE. FRAYED. UPPER LEFT HAND TAILCONE RELEASE CABLE IS FRAYED. REPLACED AND RIGGED TAILCONE RELEASE CABLE PER AMM 53-53-00 AND AMDS 5350-01077-0101.
- [SDR DALA2016102407526](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102407526), Oct 22, 2016: CABLE. FRAYED. TAIL CONE CABLE FRAYED AND DETERIORATED. REPLACED CABLE PER AMM 53-53-00.
- [SDR DALA2016102307514](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102307514), Oct 22, 2016: DOUBLER. CRACKED. DURING OPPORTUNITY INSPECTION, BS 1429 SKIN SPLICE. SPLICE DOUBLER CRACKED RBL 10". COMPLIED WITH PRI 551376-14 REV ORIGINAL, AND ER/A 551376-14 REV ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA2016102207513](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102207513), Oct 22, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. DURING OPPORTUNITY INSPECTION FOUND FRAME 1418 CRACKED AT LONGERON 1L. REPAIRED PER PRI 551806-14 REV 0 AND COMPLIED WITH ERA 551806-14 REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA2016102107468](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102107468), Oct 20, 2016: SLIDE. CRACKED. L1 DOOR SLIDE BACK BOARD IS CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED L1 DOOR SLIDE IAW AMDS WC 2561-4964.
- [SDR DALA2016102107464](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102107464), Oct 20, 2016: FRAME. DAMAGED. RT WING MLG WW CUT OUT FWD FRAME HAS A PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR AND IS BULGED OUT AND CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME IAW DWG 5930584.
- [SDR DALA2016102007382](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016102007382), Oct 20, 2016: BELLCRANK. WORN. EMPENNAGE, LT ELEVATOR GEAR TAB O/B BELL CRANK IS WORN FROM FAIRING CHAFE. REPLACED GEARED TAB PER AMDS 2730-4130 LT.
- [SDR DALA2016101207189](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016101207189), Oct 11, 2016: INTERCOSTAL. OUT OF POSITION. TAIL CONE ACTIVATION CABLE SUPPORT INTERCOSTAL IS OUT OF POSITION AT AFT END BS 1510. REPLACED THE INTERCOSTAL IAW DWG 9917701. TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-10
- [SDR DALA2016101207178](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016101207178), Oct 11, 2016: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT BS 1437, 5 INCHES OTBD VERTICAL STAB. REPAIRED IAW ERA#551476-14 REV. ORIGINAL.
- [SDR DALA2016100607086](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016100607086), Oct 5, 2016: JACKSCREW. DAMAGED. JACK SCREW HAS RAISED SHARP STEP WORN IN THREADED AREA. COMPLETED PRI 551391-14AD AND ER/A 551391-14AD. (LP2712179)
- [SDR DALA2016091406599](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016091406599), Sep 12, 2016: TURBINE. DAMAGED. THE CREW PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK DUE TO THE RT ENGINE FAILING ON TAKEOFF. TURBINE DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERV
- [SDR DALA2016060804433](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060804433), Jun 7, 2016: WIRE. PULLED. EMERGENCY LIGHT WIRE PULLED OUT, SEAT 22DE. REPAIRED WIRES. PUSHED PINS BACK IN CONNECTOR. EMERGENCY LIGHTS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR DALA2016030401651](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016030401651), Mar 2, 2016: CABLE. BROKEN. NOSEWHEEL STEERING BROKE WHILE TURNING INTO GATE. FOUND NOSE STEERING CABLE BROKEN, 873231. REPLACED CABLE 123D AND ADJUSTED IAW AMM 32-51. OP'S CHECK AND TAXI 
- [SDR DALA2015123007757](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015123007757), Dec 29, 2015: HUB. DAMAGED. NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINE N1'S WENT TO 103 PERCENT FOR 7 SECS. DURING LOW ALTITUDE GO AROUND. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE HUB IAW SPC 03-7201-9-0016. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE H
- [SDR DALA2015102206333](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015102206333), Oct 18, 2015: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING WALK AROUND FOUND A ONE CRACK ON RT WING T/E BETWEEN XRS 531.7 AND XW 536.861. ACCOMPLISHED INSTRUCTIONS IAW ERA 540555-14. PERMANENT REPAIR TO BE ACCOMP
- [SDR DALA2015082605225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015082605225), Aug 21, 2015: COVER. DAMAGED. AFT TAILCONE SLIDE COVER FWD HOLDDOWN STRAP WAS FOUND DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED HOLDOWN STRAP.
- [SDR DALA2015042702959](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042702959), Apr 26, 2015: PIN. PULLED. DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE L1 DOOR SLIDE PINS TO BE OUT OF THE PACK. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE L1 DOOR SLIDE.
- [SDR DALA2015012100540](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015012100540), Jan 20, 2015: PIN. PULLED. MAINTENANCE FOUND L1 DOOR SLIDE PINS PULLED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED L1 SLIDE. RII COMPLIED WITH.
- [SDR DALA2014102105686](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014102105686), Oct 15, 2014: UNKNOWN. ODOR. DURING CLIMB, THE AFT RT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF WITH A MILD ODOR AND HAZE. ALSO, HAD ODOR IN COCKPIT AT THE SAME TIME. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED PNEUMATIC
- [SDR DALA2014100705428](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014100705428), Oct 6, 2014: APU. FAILED. ACFT DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN CABIN. OIL FOUND BY APU INLET. APU CHANGED. LP 6180296 & 1651860.
- [SDR DALA2014082904854](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014082904854), Aug 28, 2014: CAP. CRACKED. INTERNAL CRACK WAS FOUND ON INBD LOWER HOLES AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR UPPER CAP. RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CAP REPLACED IAW DWG N.-SR09550030, REV C AND 
- [SDR DALA2014082804852](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014082804852), Aug 27, 2014: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 23L BETWEEN BS 1287-1322. CORROSION REMOVED IAW SRM 51-10-3, AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-01. SECTION OF LONGERON WAS REMOVED 
- [SDR DALA2014082704851](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014082704851), Aug 26, 2014: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACKED EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE CUTOUT FWD EDGE FUSELAGE SKIN. DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED IAW DWG 5911400-13, REV .
- [SDR DALA2014082704850](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014082704850), Aug 26, 2014: FRAME. CRACKED. SEVERAL CRACKS ON FRAME, BS 1510 ,UPPER AND LOWER SECTION. FRAME REPAIR IAW ER/A 497316-14MA, REV ORIG.
- [SDR DALA2016110908588](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908588), Aug 25, 2014: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION AT AFT LAV CUTOUT SKIN AND DOUBLER, BS 1307-38, L19L-23. REPAIRED WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DOUBLERS.
- [SDR DALA2014082704849](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2014082704849), Aug 25, 2014: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON COUNTERSINK AREA AT LT WING ACCESS PANEL. CORROSION REMOVED, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REPLACED IAW SRM 51-22-2A, CONDITION II.

All 229: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N970DL-2022-08-24/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 20110729015722I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110729015722I), Jul 29, 2011: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88 (N970DL), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Incident narrativeon July 29, 2011 at 7:45PM CDT the duty standby inspector for the Chicago O'Hare flight standards district office received a telephone call…

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