# Incident 19980122002359I: Doug MD88, Kansas City, MO, January 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1998, 10:20 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N917DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N917DL-2024-05-08) (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: 47
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980122002359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DELTA AIRLINES, INC., FLIGHT NUMBER 1881, AIRCRAFT N917DL, DEPARTED CVG, 1/22/98, EN-ROUTE TO MCI. THE CREW NOTICED THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY INDICATOR DROP FROM 3000 PSI TO ZERO WHEN THEY LOWERED THE FLAPS FOR FINAL APPROACH INTO MCI. THEY ADVISED ATC OF THE SITUATION AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT MCI. DELTA MAINTENANCE MET THE AIRCRAFT AT THE GATE AND REPLACED THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FUSELAGE PRESSURE LINE (MANUFACTURING NUMBER AS153-08K0254), WHICH HAD RUPTURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER THE SYSTEM WAS BLED THE FUNCTIONAL CHECK REVEALED NORMAL OPERATION. THIS INCIDENT (CE98IGO0031) IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE SUBMITTAL OF THIS REPORT.

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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