- Date
- August 26, 1988, 20:25 local (Aug 27, 1988, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 9 minor, 55 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N120DLBoeing 767
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880826070269A
- Case key
- 7622
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - turbulence(thunderstorms)Cause
Seat belt sign - delayedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N120DL
- Reported as
- Boeing 767
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 767-332
- Airframe hours
- 5,354
- Engine
- GE CF6-8042, 50,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- Delta Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 17, 1988 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- Hartford, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
N120DLRegistration cancelled Feb 28, 2018 · Boeing 767-332Airframe modelBoeing 767-332Engine modelGE CF6-80 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21,697 total · 1,378 in this make and model · 114 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.