N916DE1993 Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Jan 2, 2025.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched200 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Last registered owner
- Delta Air Lines INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Atlanta, GA
- Certificate issued
- Jun 11, 1993
- Canceled
- Jan 2, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- May 14, 1993
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
- 1993
- Serial number
- 53421
- 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
- ACAD45
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- 1993 – 2025Delta Air Lines INCAtlanta, GA
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (200)
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.
- Lights · charger · inoperativeOct 19, 2019
EMERGENCY CEILING LIGHTS @ ROWS 27-31 INOP. R/R BATT CHARGER AT B5-106 AND BATTERIES. CKS OK A/C OK FOR SVC REF MD88 WDM 35-51-11 CHARGER SN ON 20123 - S/N OFF 23162. (LP5587555)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · unknown · smokeSep 21, 2019
COMING THROUGH 12,000 ON DESCENT FA CALLED US TO NOTIFY US THERE WAS A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE FIRST CLASS CABIN. WE IMMEDIATELY COULD SMELL THE SMOKE AS WELL. THE FA ALSO SAID THERE WAS A SLIGHT HAZE IN THE 1ST CLASS CABIN AREA. THE SMOKE DISSIPATED A FEW MINUTES LATER AND WE COULD NO LONGER SMELL…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · proximity switch · out of limitsApr 16, 2019
PERFORMED A GO AROUND AND AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTEND PER THE QRH DUE TO A MLG DOOR OPEN LIGHT. FLIGHT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MAINTENANCE COMPLIED WITH THE NO-GO-ODI TASKS AND FOUND RIGHT MLG DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCH OUT OF LIMITS. THE SWITCH AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Lights · battery pack · dischargedMar 5, 2019
CEILING EMER LIGHTS INOP IN AFT CABIN. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AT B5-106 REF AMM 33-53. OPS CHECK GOOD. (LP5227376)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · battery pack · dischargedJan 16, 2019
BOTH LT AND RT FWD OVERWING EMERG LIGHTS INOP. R/R BATTER PACKS FOR THE OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS. OK FOR SVC. (LP5000086)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fire protection · smoke detector · malfunctionedJan 15, 2019
SMOKE DETECTOR IN FORWARD GOING OFF. REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR IN FWD LAV OP CKS GOOD OK FRO SVC. (LP5000084)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · power supply · inoperativeJan 5, 2019
DURING SVC CHECK FOUND CEILING EMER. LIGHTS FROM SEAT ROW 27-36 INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED POWER SUPPLIES B5-106 AND B5-107 AND REPLACED BATTERIES REF AMM 33-53. OPS CK GOOD. (LP5000059)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · unknown · odorJan 5, 2019
FA REPORTED ODOR IN CABIN OF BURNT RUBBER. NO SMOKE VISIBLE. NO SMELL IN COCKPIT. ODOR DISSIPATED AFTER ABOUT 5 MIN. CAPTAIN SUSPECTS MAY BE RELATED TO MAINTENANCE PERFORMED IN RDU. OPENED NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGS. SADDLE DUCTS TO INSPECT FOR OIL CONTAMINATION REF W/C 2120-2367. NO OIL CONTAMINATION…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · wire harness · disconnectedOct 10, 2018
SEAT 33ED EMERGENCY PATH LIGHT INOP. RECONNECTED UNDER SEAT HARNESS. CKS GOOD PER AMM 33-50.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · battery · dischargedSep 20, 2018
DURING SERVICE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT TO BE INOPERATIVE. TROUBLESHOOTING LEAD TO A DEFECTIVE BATTERY IN THE POWER PACK REF AMM 33-53. BOTH BAD CELLS IN THE BATTERY PACK WERE REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Showing the 10 most recent of 200 reports.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026