N905DL1987 Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Nov 29, 2022.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched174 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Last registered owner
- Delta Air Lines INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Atlanta, GA
- Certificate issued
- Jul 10, 2018
- Canceled
- Nov 29, 2022
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 27, 1987
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co
- Model
- MD-88
- Year
- 1987
- Serial number
- 49536
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 142
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- AC8215
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W Jt8d Series
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 7,700 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2018 – 2022Delta Air Lines INCAtlanta, GA
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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Service Difficulty Reports (174)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Air conditioning and pressurization · control valve · contaminatedFeb 29, 2020
HAZE AND SMOKE OBSERVED IN CABIN 5 MINUTES AFTER STARTING APU. GROUND PERSONAL OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM APU EXHAUST AND LOUD POPPING NOISES. PACKS AND APU WERE IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN. T/S SMOKE IN THE CABIN PER AMDS WORKCARD 2120-2367, FIGURE 6. FOUND EVIDENCE OF OIL IN LOAD CONTROL VALVE ELBOW…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Doors · switch · intermittentNov 2, 2019
INTERMITTENT TAILCONE UNSAFE MESSAGE ON GROUND. DEFERRED PER MEL 53-00-01B. RELEASED TAIL CONE MECHANISM FOR MTC REF MD88 AMM 53-53. T/S PER MD88 WDM 53-73. FOUND INTERNAL HANDLE TAILCONE SWITCH INTERMITTENT. R/R SWITCH REF MD88 AMM 52-70. OPS CHECK GOOD. C/W RII INSTALL SWITCH + TAILCONE + SLIDE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Doors · switch · corrodedOct 30, 2019
TAILCONE UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT GATE WHILE PARKED IN HEAVY RAIN. INSPECTED TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM AND VERIFIED LOCKPINS ARE INPLACE, LOCKING CABLE IS PROPERLY SECURED. TAILCONE UNSAFE LIGHT IS CLEARED. DUE TO HISTORY, DEFERRED SAME IAW MEL 53-00- 01B. MC NOTIFIED. (M) PROC C/W. PLAC…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Fuselage · terminal · brokenOct 21, 2019
TAIL CONE UNSAFE OAP. T/S PER MD88 WDM 52-73-11. FOUND BROKEN GROUND RING TERMINAL AT GROUND STUD 616. REPAIRED TERMINAL PER SWPM CH. 20. OPS CK GOOD. (LP6630148)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · battery pack · dischargedSep 3, 2019
COCKPIT EMER LIGHTS STA 140 NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN DOING EMER LIGHT CHECK. REPLACED B5-23 BATTERY PACK PER AMM 33-50-00 FIG 1. SYSTEMS CHECK NORMAL. (LP4634454)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · longeron · corrodedFeb 18, 2019
HIDDEN DAMAGE: AFTER PERFORMED CUT OUT ON EXTERNAL SKIN, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON LONGERON 30 BTW STA Y =237-256 AT FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT IN REF NRC 00347. (CORROSION LEVEL 2). LONGERON REPAIRED PER ER/A 575585-14 REV ORIGINAL.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · skin · crackedFeb 18, 2019
HIDDEN DAMAGE: CORROSION AND CRACK ON SKIN, ALSO SUNKEN AND BROKEN FASTENERS AT SETTLEMENT SURFACE AREA (FUSELAGE STRUCTURE) OF LOWER TCAS ANTENNA. (CORROSION LEVEL 2). REPAIRED PER ER/A 575558-14 REV ORIGINAL (SECTION I) PERMANENET REPAIR AND ETI-88-19-015 REV 3.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Doors · pan · crackedFeb 14, 2019
INITIAL INSPECTION: CRACKED PAN AND STRAP (FWD EDGE) BTW BEAM 3-4 AT FWD SERVICE DOOR (R1). PAN AND STRAP (FWD EDGE) BTW BEAM NBR 3 AND 4 AT FWD SERVICE DOOR WERE REPAIRED PER ERA 575421-14 REV. ORIGINAL AND ETI-88-19-012 REV. 4. (LP0944450)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · rudder · damagedFeb 14, 2019
AWR: DUE TO SEVERAL PAINT FLAKES ON BOTH SIDES OF RUDDER SURFACES, PERFORM REMOVE/INSTALL RUDDER ASSY ON REFERENCE OF NRC00054. SUMMARY OF THE NRC# 00056 RUDDER ASSY AND CONTROL TAB WAS REMOVED AND INSTALLED PER MD88 AMM 27-20-01-401 AND MD88 AMM 27-20-02 AND DUE TO RUDDER WAS PAINTED ON NRC 00054…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · skin · crackedFeb 12, 2019
CRACK WAS FOUND 0.250" OF LENGTH ON FUSELAGE SKIN STA Y=160 BTW LONGS 3L & 4L. FUSELAGE SKIN STA Y=160 BTW LONGS 3L & 4L WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 53-04-3 FIG 5 (SHEET 3).
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Showing the 10 most recent of 174 reports.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026