# Incident 20000830026849I: Doug MD88, Pittsburgh, PA, August 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2000, 09:50 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921DL-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 JT8D219
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000830026849I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING TAXI FOR TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 28C, PASSENGERS IN AFT CABIN STARTED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SMOKE AND FUMES. FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO EVACUATE AIRCRAFT. THREE PASSENGERS HAD MINOR INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO RAMP AFTER SLIDES WERE REMOVED.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TROUBLESHOOT AND DETERMINED THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM A LOSE FITTING ON THE THRUST REVERSER ISOLATION VALVE.  FITTING WAS TIGHTENED AND SYSTEM WERE CLEANED AND SERVICED.  A NEW L1 SIDE WAS INSTALLED.  AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ATLANTA, GA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SLIDES TO BE INSTALLED.  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE LATER THAT DAY.

## Other reports on N921DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19970714026379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970714026379I), Jul 14, 1997: Doug MD88 (N921DL), Covington/Cinci, KY. Narrative: on radar downwind at approximately 10,000' for cvg rwy 18L, delta flt 1964 encountered turbulence while in IMC. The turbulence resulted in the…
- [Incident 19920802043939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920802043939I), Aug 2, 1992: Doug MD88 (N921DL), Houston, TX, Minor damage. NR3 and NR4 tires on right main gear blew out on touchdown.

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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