19891116057399I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug MD-88 · Rochester, NY · November 16, 1989

Date
November 16, 1989 · 19:17 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N934DL
Reported as
Doug MD88
People aboard
43
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Reported a lightning strike while on approach. Determined it was actually a static discharge off aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

REPORTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE WHILE ON APPROACH. DETERMINED IT WAS ACTUALLY A STATIC DISCHARGE OFF AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N934DL · 2

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