# Incident 19901226063309I: Doug MD88, Columbia, SC, December 26, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1990, 08:10 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N913DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N913DL-2022-12-03) (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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D219
- People aboard: 93
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901226063309I

## Narrative

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

FIRE FROM NR2 ENGINE ON START UP WHILE TAXIING. USED ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISER. EVACUATION ORDERED.

## Other reports on N913DL (1)

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

- [Accident 19930903041819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930903041819A), Sep 3, 1993: Doug MD88 (N913DL), Lexington, KY. Hard landing injured a flight attendant that was running in aisle to jump seat.

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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