# Incident 19920311010719I: Doug MD88, Rochester, NY, March 11, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1992, 22:28 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N982DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N982DL-2022-04-25) (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: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 644 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920311010719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT GOT STUCK IN A SNOW DRIFT WHILE TAXIING TO GATE. TUG WAS ABLE TO TOW AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N982DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19940602029269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940602029269I), Jun 2, 1994: Doug MD88 (N982DL), Mobile, AL. Saw birds. Loud bang on takeoff. Aborted. Believed birds ingested none found. Had to change tires and brakes.
- [Incident 19921227055159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921227055159I), Dec 27, 1992: Doug MD88 (N982DL), Houston, TX. Pilot mistakenly taxied onto hangars ramp. On turn around engine exhaust caused damage to hangar.

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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