# Incident 20081211856949I: Doug MD88, Greer, SC, December 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2008, 17:12 local time
- Place: Greer, SC
- Airport: Greenville Spartanburg International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 34.8956° N, 82.2200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8956&lon=-82.2200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N924DL-2019-09-16) (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: 147
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,202 total, 1,049 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA09IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09IA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081211856949I

## Narrative

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

ENROUTE FROM IAD TO ATL REPORTED SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT AT FL 300, 175 MILES NE OF ATL.  THE FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO GSP WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES.  THE SMOKE DISSIPATED AFTER ELECTRICAL LOADS WERE REMOVED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON STANDBY POWER ONLY WITH ATTITUDE INDICATOR AND AIRSPEED.  PILOT INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY TRIM OR FLAPS AVAILABLE FOR THE LANDING.  ATC GAVE THE PILOT NO GYRO VECTORS TO RUNWAY 22 AT GSP.  TWO TIRES OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE BLOWN ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 IN GSP.  THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED ON TAXIWAY B.  AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS REPORTED THE RIGHT BRAKES WERE ON FIRE.  TWO MORE TIRES BLEW AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE TAXIWAY.  AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF THE BRAKE FIRE, THE CAPTAIN INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION FROM EXITS 1L AND 2L ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DEPLOYING THE SLIDES FOR THOSE EXITS.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO PASSENGERS OR THE CREW.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA09IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09IA018), Dec 11, 2008: Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 (N924DL), Greer, SC, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The overheating and arcing of the DC Ground Service Relay and Block Diodes component for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N924DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19880801036419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880801036419I), Aug 1, 1988: Doug MD88 (N924DL), Pensacola, FL. Landed long and fast. Ran off departure end of runway. No damage or injuries.

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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