# Incident 19991120032829I: Doug MD88, Kansas City, MO, November 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1999, 14:41 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- 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: N948DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N948DL-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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991120032829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/20/99, AIRCRAFT N948DL, A DELTA MD-88 HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DEFECTIVE INDICATOR BULB.  A LOW PASS WAS MADE TO VERIFY THE GEAR BEING DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, THE BULB WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR IT'S NEXT SCHEDULED FLIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY OR INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N948DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19930727029019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930727029019I), Jul 27, 1993: Doug MD88 (N948DL), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. Aircraft landed nose high. Struck runway with tailskid.

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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