# Incident 19980809036099I: Doug MD9030, Kansas City, MO, August 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1998, 08:17 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N909DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N909DA-2022-12-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (registry code 3023690, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-90-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD9030
- Reported engine: IAE V2528D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980809036099I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIR CARRIER DAL 1144, MD90, MCI-SLC. PILOT BELIEVED HE BLEW A TIRE ON TAKE OFF. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MCI. LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCENDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN, INBOARD TIRE, CAP SEPERATED. THE TIRE CAP CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT INBOARD, MAIN TIRE DEFLECTOR, RIGHT WING INBOARD FLAP AND VANE. CHUNKS OF TIRE CAP WERE THROWN INTO #2 ENGINE INTAKE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINES NOSE COWL AND A MIN OF 6 INLET BLADES WERE BENT AND DAMAGED FROM DEBRIS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANGERED AT TWA/MCI. DELTA MAINTENANCE CREW, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TIRE, TIRE DEFLECTOR, RIGHT WING FLAP/VANE AND #2 ENGINE AND COWL.

## Other reports on N909DA (3)

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

- [Accident 20091102022489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091102022489A), Nov 2, 2009: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. During climb-out at kphx, and at about 12,000', the flight crew heard a very large bang and a pop in the pressurization. The crew declared an emergency and…
- [Incident 20010518011389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010518011389I), May 18, 2001: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Dal, flight 1144, a MD-90 aircraft, immediately after touchdown on 19R at sna, blew the right outboard MLG tire. The right outboard tire failure was…
- [Incident 20001230026629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001230026629I), Dec 30, 2000: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) At 08:10 MST on 12/3/00 at slc a dala #1147 MD-90 (N909DL) landed at least 200 feet short of the threshold of rwy 34R during an ILS approach I n low IMC…

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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