Incident · 1991-11-20

NTSB case ATL92IA025 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-88 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1991-11-20
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-88 (N908DL)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: DELTA AIR LINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

Probable cause

A SHORT IN AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WHICH RESULTED IN ITS FAILURE. THE REASON FOR THE SHORT WAS NOT DETERMINED. A FACTOR WAS THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE CONNECTOR BY AN UNKNOWN MAINTENANCE PERSON.

Source: NTSB case ATL92IA025

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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