# Incident 20060407006629I: Doug MD9030, Boise, ID, April 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2006, 16:39 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Boise Air Terminal - Gowen Fld
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 43.5644° N, 116.2230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5644&lon=-116.2230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915DN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915DN-2022-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (registry code 3023690, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-90-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD9030
- Reported engine: IAE V2525D5
- People aboard: 137
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,104 total, 740 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060407006629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA FLIGHT 1234, ENROUTE FROM SLC TO SEA DIVERTED TO BOISE. PILOT NOTED A VIBRATION WHILE AT FL320. HE CHECKED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND SAW THE LEFT ENGINE EPR HAD ROLLED BACK AND EGT WAS FLASHING APPROXIMATELY 634 DEGREES. HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND EGT WAS STILL FLASHING. THE VIBRATION CONTINUED WITH THE THROTTLE AT IDLE. AT THIS POINT HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BOISE, IDAHO WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR REVEALED THAT NUMEROUS STAGES WERE DAMAGED AND OUT OF LIMITS. ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPACED AT BOISE.

## Other reports on N915DN (3)

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

- [Incident 20070320003559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070320003559I), Mar 20, 2007: Doug MD9030 (N915DN), Boise, ID. (-23) After a normal landing, taxi, and arrival at gate B22 at the Boise airport (boi), delta airlines flight 1240 was in the process of deplaning passengers…
- [Incident 20040421014949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040421014949I), Apr 21, 2004: Doug MD9030 (N915DN), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Flight crew of of aircraft thought aircraft right hydraulic system became disabled because the hydraulic pressure and quantity indicators (EFIS) read…
- [Incident 20001208024379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001208024379I), Dec 8, 2000: Doug MD9030 (N915DN), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Attached narrative

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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