# Incident 20180115000849I: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88, Windsor Locks, CT, January 15, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2018, 16:50 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N939DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N939DL-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: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD-88
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180115000849I

## Narrative

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

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT (BDL): DAL1690, N939DL, MD88, BDL-ATL, PUSHING OFF GATE 12 STRUCK A PARKED FUEL TRUCK WITH ITS RIGHT WING TIP. AIRCRAFT RECONNECTED TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED ALL PASSENGERS WITHOUT INCIDENT.

DAMAGE WAS MINOR, WING TIP WAS REPAIRED OVERNIGHT AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE NEXT MORNING.

## Other reports on N939DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19900515025169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900515025169I), May 15, 1990: Doug MD88 (N939DL), Rochester, NY. Auto spoilers would not deploy. Made go around and manually deployed spoilers. Reset and resumed trip.

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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