# Incident 19980921036889I: Doug MD88, Greensboro, NC, September 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1998, 13:20 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N946DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N946DL-2019-09-16) (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 JT8D*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921036889I

## Narrative

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

(-5)DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 746 FROM ATLANTA, GA (ATL) TO WASHINGTON, DC, (DCA), AN MD-88 IN A CLIMB TO 35.0 EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  FIRST REPORTED BY A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, THEN A SMOKE DETECTOR ALARM SOUNDED.  CAPTAIN DECLARED AN INFLIGHT EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED INTO GREENSBORO, NC (GSO).  PASSENGERS DEPLANED THROUGH JETWAY AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.  FIRST OFFICER SAID IT DID NOT SMELL LIKE SOMETHING BURNING AND IT APPEARED TO BE CLEARING.  AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK AT ATL FOR DELTA MECHANICS TO WORK.  MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL IN APU INLET CAUSED FROM A LEAKING CHIP DETECTOR.  THIS OIL CONTAMINATED THE AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS.

## Other reports on N946DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19981224043659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981224043659I), Dec 24, 1998: Doug MD88 (N946DL), Providence, RI. (-5)After a normal landing and roll out the braking action became poor to nil just prior to the end of runway 23L. The aircraft went off the right side of the…

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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