# Incident 19981224043659I: Doug MD88, Providence, RI, December 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1998, 01:38 local time
- Place: Providence, RI
- Airport: Theodore Francis Green State
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 41.8231° N, 71.4188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Providence, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8231&lon=-71.4188&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
- People aboard: 137
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 4,184 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981224043659I

## Narrative

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

(-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 END OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AREA.  BRAKING ACTION WAS REPORTED AS FAIR BY THE TWO PREVIOUS AIRCRAFT.  INVESTIGATION OF RUNWAY 23L  SURFACE WAS 1-1 1/2" OF SNOW COVERING A THIN COATING OF ICE.  THE RUNWAY SURFACE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE FREEZING PRIOR TO THE SNOW FALL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N946DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19980921036889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921036889I), Sep 21, 1998: Doug MD88 (N946DL), Greensboro, NC. (-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…

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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