# Incident 19940602029269I: Doug MD88, Mobile, AL, June 2, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1994, 15:20 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&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: 143
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,710 total, 2,361 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940602029269I

## Narrative

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

SAW BIRDS. LOUD BANG ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. BELIEVED BIRDS INGESTED NONE FOUND. HAD TO CHANGE TIRES AND BRAKES.

## Other reports on N982DL (2)

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

- [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.
- [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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