# Incident 19931004041049I: Doug MD88, Denver, CO, October 4, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1993, 09:50 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N909DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N909DL-2018-12-06) (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: 129
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931004041049I

## Narrative

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

LEFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE ON CLIMB. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. REPLACED HYDRAULIC FILTER MODULE REDUCER.

## Other reports on N909DL (1)

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

- [Accident 20150305023949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150305023949A), Mar 5, 2015: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88 (N909DL), New York, NY, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed and subsequently departed runway 13 impacting a security fence and dike.

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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