# N983DL: 1991 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2022-12-24 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 24, 2022 - Status when cancelled: Sale reported, pending cancellation - 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: 53274 - Year built: 1991 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: June 15, 1991 - Last registry action: April 28, 2022 - Mode S code: ADB69F - Location: [Blytheville, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Blytheville) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 35.8994° N, 89.8993° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 72315, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N983DL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=983DL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983DL-2022-12-24 From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 (135, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DALA2019041702481](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019041702481), Apr 17, 2019: WIRE. BROKEN. AFT SET OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CATWALK INOP. FOUND WIRES BROKEN AT CONNECTORS. REPAIRED WIRES AS REQUIRED, REF. SWPM 20-31-01. CHECKS GOOD. - [SDR DALA2019041702480](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019041702480), Apr 17, 2019: WIRE HARNESS. BROKEN. SEAT 19DE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. FOUND WIRE HARNESS BROKEN, REPLACED SAME. REF. MD-88 AMM 33-53. CHECKS GOOD. (LP5809170) - [SDR DALA2019031201623](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019031201623), Mar 11, 2019: WIRE. LOOSE. SEAT 4DC EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. ATTACHED AND SECURED LOOSE WIRES AT SEAT 4DC PER STANDARD PRACTICE. OPS CK GOOD. (LP5529281) - [SDR DALA2019011600275](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019011600275), Jan 16, 2019: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. OVER WING EXIT SIGN AFT RT SIDE INOP. REPLACED BATTERY'S AT RIGHT AFT BATTERY PACK OVER WING. CHECKS OKAY. (LP4765169) - [SDR DALA2019010700061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019010700061), Jan 5, 2019: SMOKE DETECTOR. MALFUNCTIONED. SMOKE ALARM IN FIRST CLASS LAV GOING OFF WITH NO EVIDENCE OR SMOKE AND CANNOT BE SHUTOFF. R&R'D THE F/C LAV TRASH SMOK DET. OP'S NORM. (LP4765113) - [SDR DALA2018112646789](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018112646789), Nov 23, 2018: UNKNOWN. FUMES. ON WAKE UP CK WITH APU AND BOTH PACKS RUNNIN ONE TRIANGLE CLICK AT HOT PAST AUTO MARK HAD FOUL, SMOGGY, CLOUDY, UNUSUAL SMELL IN AFT CABIN, NO APU OIL OR HYD. L - [SDR DALA2018020400627](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018020400627), Feb 4, 2018: INLET. CONTAMINATED. ON GROUND, DURING PREFLIGHT, APU AIR ON, BOTH PACKS ON. SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN. HEAVIER IN AFT CABIN. TURNED OFF THE A/C PACK, SMOKE DISSIPATED OVER TIME, TURN - [SDR DALA2018010800123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018010800123), Jan 7, 2018: CONNECTOR. DAMAGED. EMERGENCY SEAT MOUNTED LIGHTING DAMAGED AND INOPERATIVE. PINNED EMERGENCY LIGHT. - [SDR DALA2018010300032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018010300032), Jan 1, 2018: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. OVERWING AFT UPPER EMG EXIT LIGHTS LEFT AND RIGHT NOT WORKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK FOR CONTROLLING AFT UPPER EMG EXIT LIGHTS OVERWING PER AMM 33-5 - [SDR DALA2017122208815](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017122208815), Dec 22, 2017: WATER SEPARATOR. DISCONNECTED. AIR TURN BACK AND EMERGENCY DESCENT DUE TO A PRESSURIZATION ISSUE. QRH PROCEDURES ACCOMPLISHED, EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET WHERE CABIN RECOVERED. NO MASKS - [SDR DALA2017042703438](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017042703438), Apr 26, 2017: JACKSCREW. WORN. HORIZ STAB JACK SCREW THREADS HAVE WEAR RIDGE IN THREADS. REPAIRED PER PRI 553056-14AD REV 0 AND COMPLIED WITH ERA 553056-14AD REV ORIG. - [SDR DALA2017041302978](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017041302978), Apr 13, 2017: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 23 THROUGH 25 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK B5104 IAW AMM 33-53. CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR DALA2016123010179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016123010179), Dec 30, 2016: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. DIVERTED TO TYS DUE TO NR 1 ENGINE ISSUES. ENGINE ROLLED BACK AND SHUT DOWN. MTC FOUND FUEL PUDDLED IN TURBINE SECTION. ENGINE REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2016041102772](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016041102772), Apr 9, 2016: TERMINAL. DISCONNECTED. THE FLIGHT CREW FOUND THE CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND TERMINAL L2-732 OVER THE FORWARD LIFE RAFT NOT CONNECTED AND RECONNECTED SAME. T - [SDR DALA2016041102768](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016041102768), Apr 3, 2016: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AFT SECTION OF ACFT EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. BATTERY PACK B5-107 WAS REPLACED AND THE LIGHTS CHECKED OK. - [SDR DALA2016041102767](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016041102767), Apr 3, 2016: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE IN THE MID CABIN SECTION. BATTERY PACK B5-101 WAS REPLACED AND THE LIGHTS CHECKED OK. - [SDR DALA2016013100760](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016013100760), Jan 29, 2016: WIRE. DISCONNECTED. THE CREW ON FLIGHT 1428 FOUND 1 LT SIDE EXTERIOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND WIRE L1594C18 AND L1598A18N DISCONNECTS NOT CONNECTED BEHIN - [SDR DALA2015113007266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015113007266), Nov 30, 2015: PIN. DISENGAGED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE L-1 DOOR SLIDE PARACHUTE PIN DISENGAGED. THE L-1 DOOR SLIDE WAS REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2015102806540](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015102806540), Oct 25, 2015: VANE. GOUGED. DURING A SERVICE CHECK BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT OTBD FLAPS INBD FIXED VANES HAVE GOUGES ON L/E. R & R THE VANES IAW AMM 27-51-03. C/W E/RA 540796-14 REV ORIGINAL, SE - [SDR DALA2016111008556](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111008556), Jun 16, 2015: ANGLE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER PRODUCTION ANGLE BS 1338, LONGERONS 28R & 28L. THE ANGLE WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-5, 51-30-2 AND DRAWING 9915561 REV CG. - [SDR DALA2016110908402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908402), May 7, 2015: DOUBLER. CORRODED. CORROSION ON PRODUCTION DOUBLER AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD STA Y=1338 BTW LONG 30 TO 28 LT. PRODUCTION DOUBLER WAS REPLACED IAW DWG 9915561-73 REV J SRM 51-30-21 / 5 - [SDR DALA2016110908399](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908399), May 6, 2015: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. SEVERAL CORROSION POINTS ON SETTLEMENT AND COUNTERSINK AREA OF FUEL ACCESS PLATES 1311C, 1303C, 1307C, 1355C. ACCESS PLATES 1307C AND 1311C WERE PERFORMED UNDER - [SDR DALA2016110908398](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908398), May 6, 2015: CARGO TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON CARGO TRACK BETWEEN BS 1155 - 1250. THE CARGO TRACK WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-05, 51-30-1, 51-30-5. - [SDR DALA2015050503070](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015050503070), May 4, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONG 3RT STA Y=1437 AT AFT ACC COMPARTMENT. LONGERON 3RT WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18. LP 1933045. - [SDR DALA2016110908388](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908388), May 3, 2015: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT SEAT TRACK X 22, BS 1215. THE SEAT TRACK WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-05 FIG 4F, 51-10-3. PAR 14,21,38. - [SDR DALA2015050403068](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015050403068), May 3, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKS LONG 4, RT STA Y=1437 AT AFT ACC COMPARTMENT. LONGERON WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18. LP 1931434. - [SDR DALA2016110908380](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908380), May 2, 2015: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL BS 784 BETWEEN LONGERONS 27-28R. THE INTERCOSTAL WAS REPLACED IAW DWG 9915554 REV J. - [SDR DALA2016110908379](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908379), May 1, 2015: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL ON BS 1216 BETWEEN LONGERONS 29 TO 30R. THE INTERCOSTAL WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30-5, 51-10-3 PAR 14, 21, AND 38. - [SDR DALA2016111608867](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016111608867), Apr 30, 2015: FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FRAME CLIP ON STA Y=1218 BTW LONG 29 RT AT Y=1218 BTW LONG 29L TO 29R AT AFT CARGO. FRAME CLIP WAS REPLACED. - [SDR DALA2016110908378](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908378), Apr 30, 2015: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 22L BETWEEN BS 1428 - 1437. A NEW LONGERON WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-5, 51-30-2, SRM 51-10-4, 51-10-3 PAR 14, 21, 38. - [SDR DALA2016110908377](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908377), Apr 30, 2015: DOUBLER. CORRODED. CORROSION ON OUTFLOW VALVE CUTOUT DOUBLER. THE DOUBLER WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30-5, 51-10-3, AND 51-10-4. - [SDR DALA2016110908376](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016110908376), Apr 30, 2015: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FRAME BS 1380 LOWER CAP AT LONGERON 27R. THE FRAME WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, SRM 51-10-4 , SRM 51-10-3 PAR 21-14 AND 51- 30-5. - [SDR DALA2015043003065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015043003065), Apr 29, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERON 3 LT FS Y=1437 AT AFT ACC COMPARTMENT. LONGERON 3LT WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18. LP 1926268. - [SDR DALA2015043003064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015043003064), Apr 29, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONG 4 LT STA Y=1437 AT AFT ACC COMPARTMENT. LONGERON 4LT WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18, RII. LP 1926263. - [SDR DALA2016112809328](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809328), Apr 27, 2015: FITTING. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FRAME CLIP STA Y=1322 BETWEEN LONGERONS 19L AND 26L. CORROSION WAS ATTENDED IAW SRM. - [SDR DALA2015042802955](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042802955), Apr 27, 2015: RIB. CRACKED. CRACKED RIB ON RT SLAT PANEL NR 5 AT STA XFS=623. RIB ON RT SLAT PANEL NR 5 AT STA XFS= 623 WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2. - [SDR DALA2015042802953](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042802953), Apr 27, 2015: LONGERON. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LONGERON 22L FROM BS 1287 - 1338. LONGERON REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-10-3/51-30-5 AND 51-30-2, 53-02, FIG 18. - [SDR DALA2015042802951](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042802951), Apr 27, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERON 8L BS 1431 CANT AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. LONGERON WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18, LP 1922641. - [SDR DALA2015042802950](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042802950), Apr 27, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERON 8 LT, BS 1431 CANT AT AFT ACCY COMPARTMENT. THE LONGERON WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18. - [SDR DALA2016112809323](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809323), Apr 26, 2015: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL STA Y= 1394 AND LONG 28 LT AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. REMOVED INTERCOSTAL, FABRICATED NEW INTERCOSTAL, TREAT AND PAINT INTERCOSTAL, - [SDR DALA2016112809318](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809318), Apr 25, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE OF CUSP WEB, RBL 54 - 60, BS 579 - 598. THE CUSP WEB WAS REPLACED IAW SRM. - [SDR DALA2016112809317](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809317), Apr 24, 2015: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FLOORBEAM BS 1322, LBL 19 AND 45. AREA FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. REPAIRED IAW SRM. - [SDR DALA2016112809314](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112809314), Apr 23, 2015: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION ON FLOORBEAM BS 1307 LBL 20. REMOVE AREAS OF DAMAGE. FABRICATED, TREATED, PAINTED, AND INSTALLED A REPAIR IAW SRM . - [SDR DALA2015042402884](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042402884), Apr 23, 2015: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON MID CARGO COMPARTMENT DOOR JAMB LOWER BEAM REPAIR SPACER. NEW REPAIR SPACER WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 123A. - [SDR DALA2015042302863](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042302863), Apr 22, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT CUSP WEB BETWEEN, X=-54 TIAL AND X=-60 AND BS 574 AND 691. CUSP WEB AND RING DOUBLERS WERE FABRICATED, TREATED, PAINTED, AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 5 - [SDR DALA2015042302862](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042302862), Apr 22, 2015: BEAM. CRACKED. CRACKED BEAM NR 4 FWD EDGE AT FWD SERVICE DOOR. BEAM NR 4 AT FWD SERVICE DOOR WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2. - [SDR DALA2016112609305](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112609305), Apr 21, 2015: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON CUSP WEB, BS 500 - 503, RBL 60 - 64. THE CUSP WEB WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM. - [SDR DALA2015042202859](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2015042202859), Apr 21, 2015: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONG 8 LT BS 1437 AT AFT ACC COMPARTMENT. LONGERON NR 8 LT BS 1437 WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02, FIG 18. LP 1914812. - [SDR DALA2016112509299](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112509299), Apr 19, 2015: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON THE LEFT SEAT TRACK LBL 44, BS 215 - 220. THE SEAT TRACK WAS REPAIRED, TREATED, AND PAINTED IAW SRM. - [SDR DALA2016112509298](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016112509298), Apr 19, 2015: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SETTLEMENT AND COUNTERSINK AREA OF THE ACCESS PANEL. THE ACCESS PANEL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM. All 135: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983DL-2022-12-24/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 20080927847449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080927847449I), Sep 27, 2008: Doug MD88 (N983DL), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) At 1515 local time on September 27, 2007 on runway 23L at ind (Indianapolis International Airport), delta airlines, designator dala, experienced an… --- 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.