# Incident 20050207005179I: Doug MD88, Columbus, OH, February 7, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2005, 21:20 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N944DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N944DL-2020-11-09) (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: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,862 total, 7,479 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050207005179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA FLIGHT 990 LANDED AT PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 2119 LOCAL TIME. AT 2114 HOURS THE WEATHER WAS 1600' BROKEN, 2200' OVERCAST, 2 MILES VISIBILITY, LIGHT RAIN WITH MIST AND THE WINDS WERE 210 AT 3 KNOTS. AT 2126 HOURS THE CLOUD COVERAGE CHANGED TO 400' SCATTERED, 1400 BROKEN AND 1900' OVERCAST. ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN, "THE APPROACH WAS STABLE AND LINUP INITIALLY GOOD. AT ABOUT 100' AGL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. I CALLED FOR A CORRECTION TO THE LEFT." THE AIRCRAFT APPROACH PATH BECAME UNSTABLE BELOW 50' AGL GOING SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE AND BELOW THE GLIDE SLOPE. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED THE RUNWAY BEYOND THE 3,000' MARKER WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ABOUT 20' LEFT OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT GEAR FOLLOWED, MOMENTARILY TOUCHING THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED FOR ABOUT 800' AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ARCED BACK TO THE RUNWAY ABOUT THE 5000' POINT. THE MAXIMUM THE LEFT MAIN GEAR EXITED THE RUNWAY WAS APPROXIMATELY 5'.

## Other reports on N944DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19911113056679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911113056679I), Nov 13, 1991: Doug MD88 (N944DL), Covington - Cin, OH, Minor damage. Left engine fire warning after takeoff. Returned. Horseshoe duct and clamp damaged on left engine.
- [Incident 19910909043279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910909043279I), Sep 9, 1991: Doug MD88 (N944DL), Covington - Cin, OH. NR1 engine fire warning on climb. Engine shut down. Returned. Replaced broken 13th state duct clamp.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.