# Incident 19900515025169I: Doug MD88, Rochester, NY, May 15, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1990, 19:12 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N939DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N939DL-2020-11-09) (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 MD88
- People aboard: 119
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900515025169I

## Narrative

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

AUTO SPOILERS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. MADE GO AROUND AND MANUALLY DEPLOYED SPOILERS. RESET AND RESUMED TRIP.

## Other reports on N939DL (1)

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

- [Incident 20180115000849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180115000849I), Jan 15, 2018: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88 (N939DL), Windsor Locks, CT, Minor damage. Windsor Locks, CT (bdl): DAL1690, N939DL, MD88, bdl-atl, pushing off gate 12 struck a parked fuel truck with its right wing tip. Aircraft reconnected to the…

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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