# Incident 19940107004759I: Doug MD88, Atlanta, GA, January 7, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1994, 12:37 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N996DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N996DL-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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D219
- People aboard: 51
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,465 total, 493 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940107004759I

## Narrative

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

DELTA FLIGHT 996 (ATL-AUS) WAS ON TAXI FOR TAKEOFF AT ATLANTA HARTSFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. CAPTAIN HAD STARTED THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE AT THE GATE. ON TAXI, CREW ATTEMPTED TO START THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE, BUT ENGINE FAILED TO START. CAPTAIN INDICATED HE CLEARED THE ENGINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAILED START PROCEDURES. ON SECOND START ATTEMPT AIRCRAFT HAD A TAIL PIPE FIRE AS REPORTED OVER RADIO BY THE AIRCRAFT BEHIND, DELTA FLIGHT 379. CAPTAIN FIRED BOTH EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES, BUT THE FIRE WAS STILL REPORTED. THE CAPTAIN THEN INITIATED EVACUATION ON LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. L1 AND L2 DOORS AND SLIDES WERE USED. THE SLIDES OPERATED NORMALLY. ONE MINOR INJURY WAS REPORTED, BUT NO ONE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

## Other reports on N996DL (2)

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

- [Incident 20010315005999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010315005999I), Mar 15, 2001: Doug MD88 (N996DL), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On March 15, 2001, a delta airlines DC-9-88 a/c, N996DL departed Tucson International Airport (tus) on runway 11L enroute to cincinnati, Ohio. During…
- [Incident 19971229042679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971229042679I), Dec 29, 1997: Doug MD88 (N996DL), Newburgh, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: both pilots have current medical. On 12/29/97 dal flight 716, N996DL, an MD88 was cleared to land on runway 9 at 0325Z hours. Dal 716 had landed and…

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