# Incident 19950217010429I: Doug MD88, New Orleans, LA, February 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1995, 08:10 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N901DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901DL-2009-04-14) (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: 19,649 total, 3,183 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950217010429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLIGHT 1472 ENTERED A LARGE FLOCK OF SEA GULLS. THE LEFT ENGINE SUSTAINED DAMAGE, CAUSING IT TO SURGE AND VIBRATE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN TO AVOID FURTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. THE CAPTAIN THEN ACCOMPLISHED THE ILS TO RUNWAY 28 AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED DELTA MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.