# Incident 19921227055159I: Doug MD88, Houston, TX, December 27, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1992, 20:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,918 total, 2,540 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921227055159I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISTAKENLY TAXIED ONTO HANGARS RAMP. ON TURN AROUND ENGINE EXHAUST CAUSED DAMAGE TO HANGAR.

## 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 19920311010719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920311010719I), Mar 11, 1992: Doug MD88 (N982DL), Rochester, NY. Aircraft got stuck in a snow drift while taxiing to gate. Tug was able to tow aircraft without incident.

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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