# N993DL: 1991 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88, registration cancelled 2022-04-25 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 25, 2022 - Status when cancelled: First renewal notice - 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: 53345 - Year built: 1991 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: December 13, 1991 - Certificate issued: February 7, 1992 - Last registry action: June 4, 2019 - Mode S code: ADDE1E - 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/N993DL - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=993DL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N993DL-2022-04-25 From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 (255, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR DALA2019123107630](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019123107630), Dec 30, 2019: ACCESS DOOR. MISSING. FND ON ARRIVAL, NBR 2 ENG MISSING STARTER VALVE ACCESS DOOR. REPLACED NBR 2 ENGINE LOWER FWD COWL PER MD88 AMM 71-10. COWL ROBBED OFF SHIP 963. (LP6748864) - [SDR DALA2019101505897](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019101505897), Oct 15, 2019: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. BOTH AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR LIGHTS INOP ON WALK AROUND. SERVICED ASSOCIATED BATTERY PACK PER MD88 AMM 33-53. LIGHTS CKS GOOD NOW. OK FOR SERVICE. - [SDR DALA2019082604948](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019082604948), Aug 25, 2019: SENSOR. SPARKS. WHEN TURNING ON WINDSHIELD ANTI-FOG, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND SPARKS EMITTED FROM CAPTAIN'S WINDSHIELD HEAT SENSOR. FOUND TERMINAL ENDS LOOSE ON CAPT'S WINDSHIE - [SDR DALA2019041002373](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019041002373), Apr 9, 2019: UNKNOWN. ODOR. CLIMBING THRU 30K FOR 34K NOTIFIED OF L AFT LAV SMOKE ALARM WITH FAINT HAZE & ODOR. CLEARED WITHIN 5 MIN. ENG HEAT TURNED ON APROX THE SAME TIME PERFORMED NO GO - [SDR DALA2019031801766](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019031801766), Mar 18, 2019: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. AFT CAT WALK TAIL CONE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT REAR BATTERY PACK. IAW AMM 35-33 OPS CHECK OK. PN AD4002P. (LP5765082) - [SDR DALA2019031101557](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019031101557), Mar 11, 2019: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. FWD GALLEY EMERG LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED BATTERIES. OPS CK GOOD. REF AMM 33-53. (LP5765059) - [SDR DALA2019031001552](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019031001552), Mar 9, 2019: ENGINE. DAMAGED. PASSING 1100' IN CLIMB POWER, HEARD LOUD BANG FROM RIGHT ENGINE. RIGHT ENGINE ROLLED BACK AND STOPPED PRODUCING USEABLE THRUST. N1 APPROX 30 %. OIL PRESSURE 43 - [SDR DALA2019030501471](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019030501471), Mar 4, 2019: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. BOTH FWD OVERWING EMER EXIT DOOR L + R LTS INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERIES FOR ASSOCIATED LTS. OPS CHECK NORMAL. OK FOR SVC PER AMM 33-53. (LP5765027) - [SDR DALA2019010700058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2019010700058), Jan 7, 2019: RETRACT CYLINDER. BYPASSING. AFTER T/O OUT OF TLH, L MAIN GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE WITH GEAR HANDLE UP. CYCLED GEAR HANDLE PER QRH, BUT LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT. FOUND LT MLG RETRACT CYL BYPASSING - [SDR DALA2018121217154](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018121217154), Dec 10, 2018: CONTROL BOX. CONTAMINATED. SHIP 993 - BRAKE - AFTER LANDING GEAR EXTENSION ALL ANTI-SKID MESSAGES ILLUMINATED ON EOAP. THE CREW RAN THE QRH PROCEDURE BUT THE MESSAGES REMAINED. AFTER TOUC - [SDR DALA2018101005980](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018101005980), Oct 9, 2018: LIGHT. MISSING. LOWER ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT MISSING. C/W ERA 572237-14 SECTION 1 TIME LIMITED REPAIR. SDR REPORTED DUE TO FACT THAT PART MAY HAVE DEPARTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURI - [SDR DALA2018090405395](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018090405395), Sep 1, 2018: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. SEAT 15-23 EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK IAW AMM 33-53 OP CHECK GOOD. OK FOR SRV. - [SDR DALA2018081505089](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018081505089), Aug 15, 2018: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. OVERWING EXIT SIGNS INOPERATIVE. R & R BATTERY PACKS, B5103, AND B5105 IAW AMM 33-50, OPS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR DALA2018061103937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018061103937), Jun 10, 2018: PANEL. DISLODGED. AFT FLT ATTENDANT CALL PANEL DISLODGED DURING LANDING. F/A REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. - [SDR DALA2018051903448](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018051903448), May 17, 2018: CONNECTOR. DEFECTIVE. WIRE HARNESS TO SEAT 26D/E HAS BAD PLUG AT SIDE WALL PANEL. REPLACED SEAT JUMPER HARNESS AS REQ'D. ALL CKS GOOD. MEL AND PLACARD REMOVED. - [SDR DALA2018042602826](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018042602826), Apr 25, 2018: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. DURING INSPECTION, CORROSION FOUND ON THE LOWER BEAM OF THE AFT CARGO DOOR FRAME. THE DOOR FRAME WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-05, FIG 123, 51-10-4, AND 51-10-2. - [SDR DALA2018042402763](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018042402763), Apr 24, 2018: ANGLE. CRACKED. CRACKED ANGLE ON THE AFT DOOR FRAME, OTBD END, AT THE LT MLG WW. THE ANGLE WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, AND 51-30-5. - [SDR DALA2018042002654](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018042002654), Apr 20, 2018: FRAME. CRACKED. BS 1463 CANTED FRAME CAP CRACKED. REPAIRED IAW ER/A 543145-14, REV A. - [SDR DALA2018041902631](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018041902631), Apr 18, 2018: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CRAKED INTERCOSTAL, BS 1510, LONGERON 23L. THE INTERCOSTAL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-14-4. - [SDR DALA2018010300026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2018010300026), Dec 31, 2017: STRAP. BROKEN. VELCRO STRIP ON INTERIOR TAILCONE BARRIER STRAP BROKEN. REATTACHED VELCRO STRIP FOR AFT STAIR DOOR BARRIER STRAP. OPN CKS GOOD. OK FOR SVC. - [SDR DALA2017112608286](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017112608286), Nov 24, 2017: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE AT SEAT 32 CEILING. REPLACED BATTERY PACK IAW AMM 33-53. CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR DALA2017082206330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017082206330), Aug 20, 2017: HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. FAILED. EXPERIENCED A LEFT SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FAILURE WHILE IN CRUISE TO CUN. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS DECLARED. NO LEAKS WERE FOUND BY MAINTENANCE. THE LEFT SYSTEM RESER - [SDR DALA2017050103520](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017050103520), Apr 27, 2017: CIRCUIT BREAKER. DEFECTIVE. RIGHT HYDRAULIC AUX PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AFTER TAKEOFF. CHECKED RT HYD AUX PUMP WIRING REF W/C 2920-01098-0201. FOUND NO POWER TO AUX PUMP ON ALL THREE P - [SDR DALA2017011600385](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2017011600385), Jan 14, 2017: ALTIMETER. FAILED. CAPTAIN`S ALTIMETER OFF FLAG DURING CRUISE. MINOR BURNING ODOR AFTER ALTIMETER FROZE. PULLED A-3 CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ODOR SUBSIDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN - [SDR DALA2016061504721](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016061504721), Jun 15, 2016: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. ON SERVICE, FOUND FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. T/S AND FOUND BATTERY AND POWER SUPPLY BAD. R & R POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY IAW AMM 33-53. OP CH - [SDR DALA2016041102770](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016041102770), Apr 9, 2016: CHARGER. INOPERATIVE. THE FLIGHT CREW FOUND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT ROWS 1 THROUGH 12 INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CHARGER AND BATTERY PACK AND THE LIGHTS CHECKED OK. - [SDR DALA2016040402524](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016040402524), Apr 3, 2016: LINE. LOOSE. STRONG JET FUEL ODOR IN AIRPLANE AFTER STARTING APU GROUND PERSONNEL POINTED OUT FUEL FROM LT SIDE OF ACFT. FOUND RT WHEEL WELL UPPER AFT FUEL LINE IN SHROUD UN - [SDR DALA2016040402511](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016040402511), Apr 3, 2016: LINE. LOOSE. STRONG JET FUEL ODOR IN AIRPLANE AFTER STARTING APU GROUND PERSONEL POINTED OUT FUEL FROM LT SIDE OF ACFT. FOUND RT WHEEL WELL UPPER AFT FUEL LINE IN SHROUD UNS - [SDR DALA2016032202233](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032202233), Mar 21, 2016: CAP. CRACKED. CRACKED LOWER CAP BS 1463, CANT 11 HRS POSITION AT AFT ACCESORIES COMPARTMENT. LOWER CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ETI 88-16-059, REV 7 AND ER/A 543145-14, REV ORIG SECT - [SDR DALA2016032202232](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032202232), Mar 21, 2016: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. CRACKED VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR CAP ON WEB BS 1463 CANT POS 11 HRS AT AFT ACCESORIES COMPARTMENT. VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 543145-14, - [SDR DALA2016032102132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032102132), Mar 19, 2016: SKIN. CORRODED. CORROSION ON RT HEATER BLANKET SKIN AROUND ACCESS PLATE 1410C. RT HEATER BLANKET SKIN WAS REPAIRED WITH ER/A 543147-14AD, REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2016032002112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032002112), Mar 19, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED LOWER CAP BS 1463, CANT 11 HRS POSITION AT AFT ACCESORIES COMPARTMENT. LOWER CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-16-059, REV 7 AND ER/A 543145-14, REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2016032002109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032002109), Mar 19, 2016: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. CRACKED VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR CAP ON WEB BS 1463 CANT POS 11 HRS AT AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT. VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 543145-14 - [SDR DALA2016032002104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032002104), Mar 19, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED FRAME ANGLE BS 1437 BETWEEN LONGERONS 3L - 3R. THE FRAME ANGLE WAS REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-16-113, REV 1 AND ER/A 543208-14, REVISION ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2016032102136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016032102136), Mar 18, 2016: SKIN. DENTED. SEVERAL DENTS ON OUTER SKIN OF C3 DOOR. DENTS ON OUTER SKIN WERE MEASURED ARE CONSIDERED ADJACENT THEREFORE ARE OUT LIMITS IAW SRM 53-04-1, PAR 7C DENTS ADJACEN - [SDR DALA2016031902094](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031902094), Mar 18, 2016: PANEL. DAMAGED. NICK ON RIB BORE AT RT SLAT PANEL NR 3 XOS= 286. BORE WAS REPAIRED IAW ER/A 543189-14 REV ORIG. - [SDR DALA2016031802078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031802078), Mar 16, 2016: WEB. CRACKED. CRACKED INNER WEB XRS 173 AT RT WING FIXED L/E INNER STRUCTURE. WEB CREAKED WAS REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-16-06 REV 2 AND ER/A 543205-14 REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2016031602011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031602011), Mar 15, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED CAP ON FRAME, BS 1463, CANT 4 HRS POS AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. CAP WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 1, FIG 2, SRM 51-30-5, SRM 51-01, PAR 21. - [SDR DALA2016031602008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031602008), Mar 15, 2016: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK ON LONGERON END FITTING 1 BS 1338. LONGERON END WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-14-3, 51-30-5 AND 51-10-3, PAR 21 AND 14. - [SDR DALA2016031501948](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031501948), Mar 14, 2016: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACKED LONGERON 4 RT BS 1437 AT AFT ACC COMPARTMENT. LONGERON WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-02 FIG 1, 51-30-5, 51-10-3 PAR 21 AND 14 51-10-4. - [SDR DALA2016031501947](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031501947), Mar 14, 2016: FINGER DOUBLER. CORRODED. CORROSION ON INNER FINGER DOUBLER AT SPLICE 26 LT BETWEEN BS 1193 AND BS 1231. FASTENERS WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 51-30-2. CORROSION WAS REMOVED IAW SRM 51-10-3, PA - [SDR DALA2016031501946](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031501946), Mar 13, 2016: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL FROM BS 769 TO BS 788 BETWEEN LONGERON 27RT TO 28RT AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT. INTERCOSTAL WAS REMOVED AND NEW INTERCOSTAL WAS INSTALLED - [SDR DALA2016031501945](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031501945), Mar 13, 2016: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL FROM BS 769 TO BS 788 BETWEEN LONGERON 28LT TO 27LT AT MID CARGO COMPARTMENT. INTERCOSTAL WAS REPLACED BY NEW 1 IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-30- - [SDR DALA2016031501944](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031501944), Mar 13, 2016: PRESSURE PANEL. CORRODED. CORROSION ON SLANT PRESSURE PANEL BS 939 BETWEEN BS 939 BETWEEN X=22 TO X=44 AT WING BOX. SLANT PRESSURE PANEL WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2, 51-10-3 PAR 14, 21, - [SDR DALA2016031401915](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031401915), Mar 13, 2016: BUSHING. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BUSHING HOUSING AT REACTION LEVER FITTING LT INBD SPOILER AREA. BUSHINGS HOUSINGS WERE REPAIRED IAW ER/A 543179-14, REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2016031401914](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031401914), Mar 13, 2016: BUSHING. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BUSHING HOUSING AT REACTION LEVER FITTING RT INBD SPOILER AREA. BUSHINGS HOUSINGS WERE REPAIRED IAW ER/A 543179-14, REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2016031401906](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031401906), Mar 13, 2016: HINGE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BORE TO ATTACH BUSINGS AT LT ELEVATOR HINGE NR 1. BORES WERE REPAIRED IAW ETI-88-16-101, REV 1 AND ER/A 543191-14 REV ORIGINAL. - [SDR DALA2016031401905](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031401905), Mar 13, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED WEB ON FRAME STA 463 CANT POS 11 HRS AT AFT ACCESORIES COMPARTMENT. WEB, STIFFENERS AND DOUBLERS WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 51-30-2 AND 51-30-5. WEB WAS FABRI - [SDR DALA2016031401904](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031401904), Mar 13, 2016: STIFFENER. CRACKED. CRACKED STIFFENER ON FRAME BS 1463 CANT POS 11 HRS AT AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT. STIFFENER WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-10-3, 51-30-5 AND 51-10-4 AND DWG 9953015 R - [SDR DALA2016031401903](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2016031401903), Mar 13, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKED WEB ON FRAME BS 1463 CANT 2 HRS POS AT AFT ACCY COMPARTMENT. WEB AND DOUBLER WERE REPLACED IAW DWG 9953015, REV CB ITEMS -58 AND -38 AND SRM 51-10-3, 51 All 255: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N993DL-2022-04-25/reports.md --- 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.