# Incident 19880317023489I: Doug DC982, Atlanta, GA, March 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N908DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N908DL-2022-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88 (registry code 3023688, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,544 total, 339 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880317023489I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

VIBRATION ON TAKE OFF. ABORTED. FOUND ONE RECAP FAILURE AND OTHER TIRES DEFLATED FROM BRAKING OVERHEAT.

## Other reports on N908DL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19911120061519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911120061519I), Nov 20, 1991: Doug MD88 (N908DL), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Experienced a fire on climb. Returned. Used a halon fire extinguisher. Had shorted cannon plug connector to light.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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