# Incident 19991214036559I: Doug MD9030, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, December 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1999, 08:00 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911DA-2022-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (registry code 3023690, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-90-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD9030
- Pilot flight hours: 8,181 total, 1,419 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991214036559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE PRESSURE RELIEF DOOR SEPARATION DELTA AIRLINES (DALA) N911DA, MD-90, FLT 1918, RNO-DFW  ON DECEMBER 14, 1999, A PERSON CONTACTED THE FORT WORTH FLIGHT STANDARDS OFFICE AND INFORMED THEM THAT SHE DISCOVERED WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN AIRPLANE PART IN HER YARD IN FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.  SHE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO HER HOME OR YARD.  THE PART WAS RETRIEVED BY AN INSPECTOR FROM THE FORT WORTH FSDO WHO CONTACTED THE DALLAS FORT WORTH FSDO.  THE PART WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN MD-90 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER PRESSURE RELIEF DOOR.  THIS DOOR WAS FOUND MISSING FROM DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 1918.  DELTA ALSO FOUND THE RIGHT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER UPPER SLEEVE DAMAGED.  THE T/R PRESSURE RELIEF DOOR WAS TURNED OVER TO DELTA LINE MAINTENANCE.  INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE OPERATED SEVERAL REVENUE FLIGHTS WITHOUT PROPER MAINTENANCE BEING PERFORMED.  ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS ARE BEING INITIATED BY THE DELTA CMO. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N911DA (1)

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

- [Incident 20060610010729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060610010729I), Jun 10, 2006: Doug MD9030 (N911DA), Las Vegas, NV. (-23) After takeoff slc-las, crew reported the possibility of a main landing gear wheel departing the aircraft. Fly by at las confirmed right MLG #4 wheel…

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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