# Incident 20020823020999I: Doug MD88, Atlanta, GA, August 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2002, 13:08 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N923DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N923DL-2019-04-08) (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: 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,171 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020823020999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BRIEFING PAPER; SUBJECT: AIRCRAFT EVACUATION; BACKGROUND: DELTA FLIGHT 1416, AUGUST 23, 2002; MD-88, N923DL, 116 PASSENGERS (2 PILOTS, 3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS); ATL-MSP; DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY 26L AT ATL, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ODOR AND THEN SMOKE IN THE CABIN; AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED ON TAXIWAY E IN FRONT OF THE DELTA JET BASE AT 1308L; DISCUSSION: DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY 26L AT ATL, THE COCKPIT WAS NOTIFIED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS THAT THE AFT CABIN WAS EXPERIENCING AN ODOR AND PASSENGERS WERE COMPLAINING OF BURNING EYES; THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED TO FURTHER ASSESS THE SITUATION; SMOKE/MIST WAS COMING OUT OF THE GASPER VENTS AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT; THE CAPTAIN INITIATED THE EVACUATION. ALL EXITS AND SLIDES USED, 1L 2L AND 1R, WITH NO REPORTED PROBLEMS; EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES. ONE (1) PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION, SHE HAD MINOR FACIAL ABRASIONS, WAS TREATED AND RELEASED; INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THAT A HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED NEAR THE APU INLET; NO PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE HISTORY RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM; CONCLUSION: NTSB NOTIFICATION IS COMPLETE.

## Other reports on N923DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19961026040539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961026040539I), Oct 26, 1996: Doug DC9 (N923DL), Tallahassee, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: report of damage to terminal/concourse structure from heat and blast engine exhaust at tlh.
- [Incident 19900616034249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900616034249I), Jun 16, 1990: Doug MD88 (N923DL), Bedford, MA. Low hydraulic fluid. Weather caused pilot to divert to Bedford. Leak at selector module of power transfer pump.

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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