# Incident 19980805032149I: Doug MD88, Ft Lauderdale, FL, August 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1998, 07:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N912DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N912DL-2024-06-27) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980805032149I

## Narrative

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

AS PER NTSB 09/09/98 AT 0800HRS. UP-GRADE FROM OCCURRENCE TO INCIDENT DUE TO JT8D FAILURES AND THE NTSB UTILIZING THIS INCIDENT FOR FURTHER TREND ANALYSIS. PRIOR TO THIS ACTION, IT WAS CLOSED OUT AS AN OCCURRENCE UNDER PTRS #SO179813823. (.19) ON AUGUST 5, 1998, AT 0751 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-88, N912DL, EXPERIENCED A CONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY DELTA AIR LINES, INC. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 121 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE TWO AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOTS, THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND 142 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE FAA, THE AIRPLANE HAD A CONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE IN THE LEFT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 9L.  THE FLIGHT CREW ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AT 40 KNOTS AND SECURED THE LEFT ENGINE.  THE AIRPLANE RETURNED TO THE GATE, AND THE PASSENGERS DEPLANED WITHOUT FURTHER 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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