# N982DL: 1991 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2022-04-25 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 25, 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: 53273 - Year built: 1991 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 12, 1991 - Certificate issued: May 12, 2015 - Last registry action: March 1, 2021 - Mode S code: ADB2E8 - 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/N982DL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=982DL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N982DL-2022-04-25 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 (131, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DALA2018110506444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018110506444), Nov 4, 2018: SMOKE DETECTOR. FALSE ACTIVATION. FWD LAV SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF DURING FLIGHT. R/R FWD LAV SMOKE DET. OPS CK GOOD PER MD88 AMM 26-10. (LP5220732) - [SDR DALA2018101506038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018101506038), Oct 13, 2018: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FWD EMER. LIGHT PACK INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED FWD EMER BATTERY PACK IAW AMM 33-53 OPS CHECKED GOOD. (LP5000750) - [SDR DALA2018041202372](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018041202372), Apr 11, 2018: LIGHT. BROKEN. L1 EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT FIXTURE BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERG EXIT LIGHT BY L1 DOOR - OPS CHECK GOOD IAW AMM 33-53. - [SDR DALA2018020600684](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018020600684), Feb 4, 2018: FITTING. CORRODED. FOUND CORROSION AT RT WING O/B FLAP CENTER HINGE FWD FITTING I/B GUIDE PIN. REPLACED O/B FLAP CENTERLINE HINGE FITTING. - [SDR DALA2018010800122](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018010800122), Jan 7, 2018: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. FWD AND ENTRANCE AND COCKPIT EMERGENCY LTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED TWO BATTERIES ON THE EMERGENCY LIGHT. - [SDR DALA2017062104858](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017062104858), Jun 20, 2017: ANTI-ICE VALVE. FAILED. LEFT ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED WITH ODOR AND SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE. DISCONNECTED THE VALVES FROM B1-43, MEGGED WIRES FROM B1-43 TO PL809. AL - [SDR DALA2017053004381](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017053004381), May 29, 2017: LIFE RAFT. LOW PRESSURE. FWD LT LIFE RAFT PRESSURE LESS THAN 3000PSI. REMOVED AND REPLACED LIFE RAFT ASSY PER AMM 25-62-02. - [SDR DALA2017053004377](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017053004377), May 29, 2017: LANYARD. NO TEST. TAILCONE SLIDE LANYARD FAILS SNAP PULL TEST. REPLACED THE LANYARD. A CCOMPLISHED A PULL TEST IAW AMDS 5350-4644. - [SDR DALA2017052904324](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017052904324), May 28, 2017: SLIDE. CRACKED. AFT SERVICE DOOR SLIDE IS CRACKED. REPLACED THE SLIDE WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED ON AMDS CARD 2561-4002. - [SDR DALA2017052504225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017052504225), May 24, 2017: ATTACH FITTING. CRACKED. LEFT WING GROUND SPOILER ACTUATOR ATTACH FITTING CRACKED AT INBOARD FORWARD CORNER. REPLACED SPOILER ATTACH FITTING IAW DWG 5936832, AND SRM 51-30-00. - [SDR DALA2017010700205](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017010700205), Jan 7, 2017: WIRE. BROKEN. ROW 23DE SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. FOUND A WIRE BROKEN AT SEAT CONNECTOR. TERMINATED THE CONTACT PIN IAW SWPM 20-90-03. CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR DALA2016110808348](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110808348), Nov 8, 2016: SLIDE. NOT REPORTED. TAIL SLIDE UNSERVICEABLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED TAILCONE SLIDE IAW AMDS 2561-4001. - [SDR DALA2016072605569](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016072605569), Jul 22, 2016: NUT. LOOSE. CREW REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP. MAINTENANCE FOUND AXLE NUTS ABOUT 1/2 TURN LOOSE. TO - [SDR DALA2016060604364](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016060604364), Jun 5, 2016: CONTROL UNIT. MALFUNCTIONED. RT OTBD ANTI-SKID MESSAGE WHEN GEAR LOWERED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IAW MCC NOTIFICATION. THE ANTISKID CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH SUCCESSFUL CHECK OUTS. - [SDR DALA2016032302251](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032302251), Mar 22, 2016: VANE. DAMAGED. LEFT INBD FLAP OTBD FIXED VANE HAS DAMAGE BEYOND SRM LIMITS. REPLACED FLAP FIXED VANE IAW AMM 27-51. OPERATION OF FLAP AND VANE CKS GOOD. - [SDR DALA2016012100503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016012100503), Jan 21, 2016: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. CREW DISCOVERED THAT A LED FLOOR PROXIMITY LIGHT IN THE GALLEY WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE R & R THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND THE LIGHT CHECKED OK. - [SDR DALA2015103006638](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015103006638), Oct 30, 2015: HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. LEAKING. DURING CLIMB BOTH AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS ALERTED AND F/A REPORTED SMELLING AND SEEING SMOKE. AFTER 1 MINUTE THE SMOKE DETECTORS SILENCED AND THE SMOKE DIS - [SDR DALA2016111008470](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111008470), May 20, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CABIN BS 1208 - 1249 LBL 60 CUSP WEB UPPER AND LWR SURFACES HAS AREAS OF CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW ER/A 511165-14MA REV B. - [SDR DALA2016111008463](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111008463), May 16, 2015: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. FLOOR SUPPORT CORRODED ON UPPER SURFACE BS 160 TO 195. REMOVE CORROSION. REPLACED THE FLOOR SUPPORT IAW SRM 51-20-0 AND 51-30-01. - [SDR DALA2016111008456](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111008456), May 14, 2015: SKIN. CORRODED. UPON REMOVAL OF ANTENNA ON LOWER FUSELAGE AT BS 288, FOUND THE FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER ANTENNA TO BE CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION, STRINGERS 29 AND 30L. FOUND TO BE - [SDR DALA2016110908453](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908453), May 11, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CUSP WEB BS 1193 - 1212, X -54 CORRODED. REPAIRED PER ER/A 534449-14. - [SDR DALA2015051203261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015051203261), May 11, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN RT FLOOR CUSP WEB BETWEEN BS 927 - 946, RBL 58. ACCOMPLISHED ERA 534456-14, REV ORIGINAL SECTION 1 PERMANENT REPAIR ON MAIN CABIN RT FLO - [SDR DALA2015051203229](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015051203229), May 11, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. RT FWD OVERWING EXIT AREA. BETWEEN BS 886-905 CUSP WEB HAS CORROSION AT SECOND LIGHTING HOLE. ACCOMPLISHED ERA 534456-14, REV ORIGINAL SECTION 1. - [SDR DALA2015051203228](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015051203228), May 11, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. RT FWD OVERWING EXIT AREA BETWEEN BS 864 - 886 CUSP WEB HAS CORROSION AT SECOND LIGHTING HOLE. ACCOMPLISHED ERA 534456-14, REV ORIGINAL SECTION 1. - [SDR DALA2015051203227](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015051203227), May 11, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN RT FLOOR CUSP WEB BETWEEN BS 946 - 965, RBL 58 ACCOMPLISHED ERA 534456-14, REV ORIGINAL SECTION 1 PERMANENT REPAIR ON MAIN CABIN RT FLOO - [SDR DALA2015051103226](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015051103226), May 10, 2015: ANGLE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON R1 DOOR CUTOUT LOWER AFT WEB BS 198. RT UPPER ANGLE WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. CUT OUT DAMAGE SECTION OF RT UPPER ANGLE AND INSTALLED A REPAIR - [SDR DALA2015051103225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015051103225), May 10, 2015: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 18L BS 1337. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. CUT-OUT SECTION OF LONGERON AND REPAIRED IAW ERA 534442-14, REV ORIGINAL SECTION I. - [SDR DALA2016110908405](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908405), May 8, 2015: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. AFT CARGO COMPT, CORROSION ON FWD & AFT SIDE OF T-SHAPED SHEAR TIE ATTACHED TO LOWER FRAME AT STA 1231, BETWEEN STR 26R & 27R. CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 5 - [SDR DALA2015051403266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015051403266), May 5, 2015: SKIN. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE SKIN, BS 236, S-17L & S-18L DENTED AND GOUGED. REPAIRED IAW ERA 534432-14. - [SDR DALA2016110908389](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908389), May 4, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT CUSP WEB BETWEEN BS 702 AND 712, RBL 58. CORROSION REMOVED AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW ER/A 511165-14MA REV B ORIG L . REPLACED THE CUSP W - [SDR DALA2016110908387](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908387), May 3, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CABIN BS 1250 LBL 46-60 CUSP WEB CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-30-01 AND ER/A 511165-14MA REV B HFEC PER NDTSPM 06-10-01.001 NO CRACKS NOTED. FOUND TO - [SDR DALA2016110908386](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908386), May 3, 2015: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN FLOOR SUPPORT BETWEEN BS 195-199, RBL-53. REPLACED THE FLOOR SUPPORT IAW SRM 51-30-2. - [SDR DALA2016110908385](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908385), May 3, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CUSP WEB CORRODED BETWEEN BS 1231 AND 1250 RBL 59. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW ER/A 511165-14MA REV B. FABRICATED, LOCATED, DRILLED, AND INSTALLED A REPAIR IA - [SDR DALA2016110908384](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908384), May 3, 2015: WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN SUB FLOOR WEB AT BS 200 RBL 56. THE WEB WAS FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-01 FIG 1, REMOVED, FABRICATED, AND INSTALLED A NEW WEB IAW SR - [SDR DALA2016110908383](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908383), May 3, 2015: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN FLOORBEAM BS 200 RBL 46 TO 49. REPLACED FLOORBEAM IAW SRM 51-30-2 . - [SDR DALA2016110908382](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908382), May 3, 2015: WEB. CORRODED. RIGHT CREASE BEAM WEB UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE HAS CORROSION INCLUDING LOWER SURFACE SECTION BETWEEN BS 826 AND 845. CUT OUT DAMAGE AREA IAW SRM 53-05 FIG 131A-1 - [SDR DALA2015050403067](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015050403067), May 3, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 22R APPROXIMATELY STA 1240 AFT CARGO. REMOVED CORROSION AT LONGERON, 22R FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 1, CUT OUT DAMAGE SE - [SDR DALA2016111608871](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111608871), Apr 30, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CABIN STA 298 LBL 60 CUSP WEB LWR SKIN HAS CORROSION. REPAIRED CUSP WEB. - [SDR DALA2016111608870](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111608870), Apr 30, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN RT FLOOR CUSP WEB BETWEEN STA 674 AND 693, RBL 58. REPLACED WEB. - [SDR DALA2016111608869](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111608869), Apr 30, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN RT FLOOR CUSP WEB AT STA 651, RBL 58. WEB REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2016111608868](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111608868), Apr 30, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN RT FLOOR CUSP WEB BETWEEN STA 541 AND STA 560, RBL 58. REMOVED CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN CUSP WEB AT STA 541 RBL 58 AND STA 560 RBL 58 PER - [SDR DALA2016111708873](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111708873), Apr 29, 2015: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FUSELAGE FRAME AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT STA 1250, BETWEEN LONGERON 28R AND 28L. REMOVED FRAME AND INSTALLED NEW FRAME. - [SDR DALA2016111608872](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111608872), Apr 29, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CABIN STA 1136-1178 LBL 46-53 CUSP WEB UPPER SKIN HAS CORROSION AND CHAFING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER SRM. - [SDR DALA2015043002971](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015043002971), Apr 29, 2015: LONGERON SPLICE. DAMAGED. TAIL COMPARTMENT FS1401-1418 L8R LONGERON SPLICE GOUGED RECURRING DAMAGE, PREVIOUS REWORK AREA. REMOVED SPLICE, FABRICATED, AND REPLACED IAW DAC SRM 51-30-1, PA - [SDR DALA2016112809329](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809329), Apr 28, 2015: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON A CABIN FLOOR SUPPORT AT STA 200 RBL-20 AND RBL-36 AND 1EA ELONGATED HOLE AT RBL-15. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLOOR SUPPORT. - [SDR DALA2016112809327](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809327), Apr 27, 2015: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN FLOOR SUPPORT BETWEEN STA 148 - 200 LBL-7. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLOOR SUPPORT BETWEEN STA 148-200 LBL 7. - [SDR DALA2016112809322](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809322), Apr 26, 2015: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. FLOOR SUPPORT HAS CORROSION AROUND ATTACH TAB ON UPPER SURFACE 8 INCHES INBD OF THE L1 DOOR THESHOLD, BS 186 - 194. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FLOOR SUPPORT IAW S - [SDR DALA2016112809316](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809316), Apr 24, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON CUSP WEB, BS 1003 - 1022, RBL 58. REMOVED CORROSION. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. REPAIRED THE CUSP WEB IAW SRM. - [SDR DALA2016112809315](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809315), Apr 24, 2015: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FUSELAGE FRAME LOWER SECTION ATTACHED TO SKIN BS 1219 , BETWEEN LONGERONS 29L AND 29R. CORROSION OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FRAME IAW - [SDR DALA2016112609313](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112609313), Apr 23, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MAIN CABIN CUSP WEB, BS 560 - 579 , RBL 58. CORROSION FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. REPLACED THE WEB CUSP. All 131: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N982DL-2022-04-25/reports.md ## FAA accident and incident reports (3) 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 19940602029269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940602029269I), Jun 2, 1994: Doug MD88 (N982DL), Mobile, AL. Saw birds. Loud bang on takeoff. Aborted. Believed birds ingested none found. Had to change tires and brakes. - [Incident 19921227055159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921227055159I), Dec 27, 1992: Doug MD88 (N982DL), Houston, TX. Pilot mistakenly taxied onto hangars ramp. On turn around engine exhaust caused damage to hangar. - [Incident 19920311010719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920311010719I), Mar 11, 1992: Doug MD88 (N982DL), Rochester, NY. Aircraft got stuck in a snow drift while taxiing to gate. Tug was able to tow aircraft without incident. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.