# Incident 20080927847449I: Doug MD88, Indianapolis, IN, September 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2008, 15:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983DL-2022-12-24) (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: 137
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080927847449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1515 LOCAL TIME ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 ON RUNWAY 23L AT IND (INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT), DELTA AIRLINES, DESIGNATOR DALA, EXPERIENCED AN ABORTED TAKEOFF PRIOR TO SPEEDS INDICATING V1, DUE TO SHUDDER, EXPLAINED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND, SIMILAR TO A BLOWN TIRE.  AIRPORT CRASH FIRE AND RESCUE (CFR) WAS DISPATCHED TO EXTINGUISH WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE AN ENGINE FIRE ON THE LEFT HAND OR #1 ENGINE.  UPON GAINING ACCESS TO THE ENGINE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE PRESENT.  PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE AFT STAIRWELL AND BOARDED A BUS TO THE TERMINAL.  UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION FROM THE LEFT HAND ENGINE TAILPIPE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LAST STAGE OF TURBINE BLADES WERE MISSING FROM THE ENGINE AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE REMAINING BLADES.  IN ADDITION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STATOR PRIOR TO THE LAST STAGE WAS ALSO MISSING.  CFR REMOVED THE DEBRIS FROM THE RUNWAY.

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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