# Incident 19980824036879I: Doug MD88, West Palm Beach, FL, August 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1998, 11:26 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N934DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N934DL-2019-08-22) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 5,008 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980824036879I

## Narrative

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

(-5)3' SECTION OF TREAD COME OFF RT FWD OUTSIDE MAIN - INGESTED IN RT ENGATROTATION - COMPRESSORS STALLS OCCURRED AIRCRAFT REUTRNED TO PBI AND LANDED W/OUT INCIDENT - TAXIED TO GATE AND DISEMBARKED PAX.  NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO CIFAN (TO BE REPLACED), - MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE COWL AND OUTER SIRE COWL OVERWENT LANDING INSPERTION TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.  ADVISED CMO PMI VIA.  PTRS.

## Other reports on N934DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19910819045509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910819045509I), Aug 19, 1991: Doug MD88 (N934DL), Houston, TX. Mechanic taxiing aircraft to gate. Lost directional control on turn and ran off taxiway.
- [Incident 19891116057399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891116057399I), Nov 16, 1989: Doug MD88 (N934DL), Rochester, NY. Reported a lightning strike while on approach. Determined it was actually a static discharge off aircraft.

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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