# N205ME: 1974 Douglas DC-9-32, registration cancelled 2003-05-16 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: May 16, 2003 - Exported to: Swaziland - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Douglas DC-9-32](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (registry code 3022066) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 47601 - Year built: 1974 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 10, 1999 - Certificate issued: February 3, 1997 - Last registry action: February 18, 2003 - Mode S code: A1A5AE - Owner when cancelled: [M And I First National Leasing Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/M%20AND%20I%20FIRST%20NATIONAL%20LEASING%20CORP) - Location: [Milwaukee, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Milwaukee) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 43.0454° N, 87.8912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 53202, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205ME - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=205ME - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205ME-2003-05-16 From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe. ADs and bulletins for the Douglas DC-9-32: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32.md ## Service difficulty reports (313, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR MWEA030163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030163), Apr 1, 2003: TACH GENERATOR. DEFECTIVE. AFTER ENGINE START NR 1 ENGINE N1 WENT TO ZERO. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ENGINE N1 TACH GENERATOR. - [SDR MWEA020385](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020385), Jun 1, 2002: PROXIMITY SENSOR. FAULTY. THE AMBER GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON EVEN WITH ALL HYDRAULIC PUMPS ON. ON START OF DESCENT THE LIGHT WENT OUT. WHEN SELECTING GEAR DOWN FOR LAND - [SDR MWEA020251](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020251), Apr 14, 2002: ANGLE. OUT OF TOLERANCE. ANGLE IS MADE FROM TOO THIN OF MATERIAL. ANGLE IS CURRENTLY .063 AND SHOULD BE MADE FROM .071 THICK STOCK MATERIAL. STATION 155, EPC PANEL LOCATION. -- REMOVED - [SDR MWEA020252](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020252), Apr 14, 2002: ANGLE. OUT OF TOLERANCE. ANGLE IS NOT OF CORRECT THICKNESS. SHOULD BE .063 AND IS CURRENTLY MADE FROM .040. STATION 155, EPC PANEL. -- REMOVED ANGLE. DRILLED UP ANGLE AND INSTALLED. - [SDR MWEA020293](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020293), Apr 13, 2002: SPAR. CRACKED. LEFT WING FLAP TRAILING EDGE SPAR WEB HAS A SMALL CRACK ORIGINATING FROM FASTENER HOLE AT STATION. CUT AND REMOVED DAMAGED WEB AREA AND REMOVED REMAINING PORTIO - [SDR MWEA020250](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020250), Apr 12, 2002: CAP. INADEQUATE. COMPLY WITH CARRY OVER 2681. LOWER CAP REPAIR, LEFT WING, AT STATION 380 REQUIRES REMOVING TEMPORARY REPAIR AND INSTALLATION OF PERMANENT REPAIR. -- FABRICATED - [SDR MWEA020249](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020249), Apr 12, 2002: ANGLE. GROUNDED. ANGLE FORWARD INBOARD CORNER IS GROUND OFF. LOCATED IN THE EPC PANEL. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED ANGLE. - [SDR MWEA020248](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020248), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. INADEQUATE. STATION XRS 91, STRINGER 21, STRINGER TO BULKHEAD ATTACH CLIP REMOVED TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. NEW CLIP NEEDED DUE TO BUIL - [SDR MWEA020247](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020247), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CRACKED. RIGHT WING STRINGER 21 HAS CORROSION PRESENT ON FORWARD LOWER LEG FROM XRS 69 THROUGH 91. FOUND CRACKS ON STRINGER. REMOVED AND REPLACED SECTION OF STRINGER. IN - [SDR MWEA020246](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020246), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. RIGHT WING STATION XRS 69 CLIP BETWEEN STRINGER 18 TO 19 HAS LIGHT CORROSION. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020245), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. RIGHT WING STATION XRS 69 CLIP BETWEEN STRINGER 20 TO 21 HAS LIGHT CORROSION. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020244](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020244), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. RIGHT WING STRINGER 19 HAS LIGHT CORROSION 9 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION XRS 69. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP. - [SDR MWEA020243](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020243), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER NR 20 IN RIGHT WING HAS LIGHT CORROSION 9 INCHES OUTBOARD OF STATION XRS 69. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP AND FILLER. - [SDR MWEA020242](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020242), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. RIGHT WING STRINGER NR 20 HAS LIGHT CORROSION 10 INCHES INBOARD OF STATION 69. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP AND FILLER. - [SDR MWEA020241](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020241), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. LEFT WING STATION 111 STRINGER 20 THROUGH 21 OUTBOARD CLIP REMOVED TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020240), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STATION XRS 111 BETWEEN STRINGER 20 AND 21 HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON INBOARD SIDE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020239](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020239), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STATION XRS 111, BOTTOM CLIP BETWEEN STRINGER 19 AND 20 HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON INBOARD SIDE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020238](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020238), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. INADEQUATE. LEFT WING RIB ATTACH CLIP AT BULKHEAD 69 BETWEEN STRINGERS 22 AND 23 TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. REPLACEMENT OF CLIP WAS REQU - [SDR MWEA020237](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020237), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. INADEQUATE. REMOVED ATTACH FITTING AT BULKHEAD XRS 69, BETWEEN STRINGER 21 THROUGH 22 RIGHT WING TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE. -- NEW CLIP NEEDED DUE TO BUILD UP OF REPA - [SDR MWEA020236](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020236), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. REMOVED LEFT WING RIB ATTACH CLIP BETWEEN STRINGERS 17 AND 18 AT STATION XRS 91 TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE. CORROSION FOUND ON CLIP. INSTALLED REPLACEMENT - [SDR MWEA020235](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020235), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. RIGHT WING TANK STRINGER NR 22 HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON FORWARD SIDE JUST INBOARD AND OUTBOARD OF STATION XRS 69. REMOVED AND REPLACED STRINGER SECTIONS. FABRICAT - [SDR MWEA020234](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020234), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STRINGER NR 12 HAS SPOTS OF LIGHT CORROSION JUST OUTBOARD OF STATION XRS 91 AND FASTENERS ON FORWARD AND AFT SIDE WITH CORROSION BETWEEN STATION - [SDR MWEA020233](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020233), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STRINGER 16 HAS SPOTS OF LIGHT CORROSION AND CORRODED FASTENERS ON AFT SIDE BETWEEN STATION XRS 69 AND 91. REMOVED ANGLE, HOLES IN WING SKIN ARE - [SDR MWEA020232](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020232), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STATION XRS 69 RIB ATTACH CLIP HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON OUTBOARD SIDE, LOCATED BETWEEN STRINGERS NR 20 AND 21. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020231), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK, RIB ATTACH CLIP OUTBOARD SIDE AT STATION XRS 69 ON BOTTOM END HAS LIGHT CORROSION, LOCATED BETWEEN STRINGER 18 AND 19. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP - [SDR MWEA020230](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020230), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STRINGER 18 HAS FASTENERS ON FORWARD END AFT SIDE WITH LIGHT CORROSION AND SPOTS OF CORROSION JUST INBOARD OF STATION XRS 91, FASTENERS ARE BETWE - [SDR MWEA020229](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020229), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STATION XRS 69 RIB ATTACH CLIP HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON OUTBOARD SIDE, LOCATED BETWEEN STRINGER 19 AND 20. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020227](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020227), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STRINGER 21 HAS A SPOT OF LIGHT CORROSION ON FORWARD SIDE AT 4TH FASTENER INBOARD STATION XRS 91. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR SPLICES AND REP - [SDR MWEA020226](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020226), Apr 12, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. LEFT WING TANK STRINGER NR 22 HAS FASTENERS ON FORWARD AND AFT SIDE WITH LIGHT CORROSION AND BARE METAL ON TOP SIDE, LOCATED BETWEEN STATION XRS 69 AND 91. FABR - [SDR MWEA020225](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020225), Apr 12, 2002: CLIP. CRACKED. LEFT WING TANK STATION XRS 69 RIB ATTACH CLIP IS CRACKED AT STRINGER #2. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020172](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020172), Mar 19, 2002: ANGLE. BROKEN. LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP HINGE FITTING INBOARD ATTACH ANGLE IS BROKEN. -- LOCATED, DRILLED & DEBURRED INBOARD ATTACH ANGLE AND INBOARD RIB ANGLE AND INSTALLED. - [SDR MWEA020163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020163), Mar 6, 2002: FORMER. INBOARD FIXED VANE OUTBOARD STRUT L/E NOSE FORMER CRACKED. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA020162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020162), Mar 6, 2002: ANGLE. CRACKED. LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP HINGE FITTING OUTBOARD ATTACH ANGLE IS CRACKED. -- LOCATED, DRILLED AND DEBURRED RIB ANGLE. - [SDR MWEA020161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020161), Mar 6, 2002: WEB. CRACKED. LEFT CUSP MEMBRANE STATION 579 THROUGH 598 IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND IS PUNCTURED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA020160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020160), Mar 6, 2002: WEB. CANNING. STATION 302 SUBFLOOR WEB LEFT SIDE IS OIL CANNING. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SUBFLOOR WEB REPAIR. - [SDR MWEA020159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020159), Mar 6, 2002: WEB. CRACKED. CABIN SUBFLOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE WEB AT STATION 598 LEFT SIDE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA020157](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020157), Mar 1, 2002: CLIP. CRACKED. RIGHT PYLON SUPPORT CLIP AT UPPER REAR SPAR CAP IS CRACKED. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020156), Mar 1, 2002: CLIP. ELONGATED. FRAME TO SKIN ATTACH CLIP AT STATION 598 LEFT, UPPER FORWARD CORNER OF WINDOW RETAINER HAS ELONGATED HOLE. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED ATTACH CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020155](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020155), Mar 1, 2002: CLIP. ELONGATED. FRAME TO INTERCOSTAL ATTACH CLIP AT STATION 598 LEFT HAS ELONGATED HOLES. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020154](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020154), Mar 1, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. BENT. AFT ACCESSORY, INTERCOSTAL BENT AND HAS AREAS OF BARE METAL BETWEEN CANTED FRAMES 1168 AND 1155. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA020153](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020153), Mar 1, 2002: LONGERON. CORRODED. AFT ACCESSORY, LONGERON 22 LEFT HAS AREAS OF BARE METAL AND LIGHT CORROSION FROM CANTED FRAME 1121 TO SKIN SPLICE JUST FWD OF FUSELAGE STATION 1076. REMOVED AND - [SDR MWEA020139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020139), Feb 27, 2002: CLIP. CRACKED. RIGHT PYLON SUPPORT CLIP AT LOWER REAR SPAR CAP IS CRACKED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020138), Feb 27, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. COMPLY WITH CARRY OVER #2682. FRAME AT FUSELAGE STATION 598 IS CRACKED BETWEEN TWO FASTNERS IN LOWER POCKET BELOW LEFT CUSP LINE. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME - [SDR MWEA011058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011058), Jul 16, 2001: PUMP. INOPERATIVE. RIGHT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP WOULD NOT PRODUCE OVER 1,500 PSI, RETURNED TO GATE. -- DEFERRED, REMOVED AND REPLACED PUMP. - [SDR MWEA010513](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010513), Mar 31, 2001: COALESCER BAG. CONTAMINATED. UPON START OF APU AIR, HEAVY BURNING SMELL AND MIST FILLED CABIN WITH RIGHT PACK ON. CHANGED LEFT AND RIGHT WATER SEPARATOR SOCKS. - [SDR MWEA010450](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010450), Mar 28, 2001: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. FORWARD BAG PIT FLOOR BEAM AT STATION 427, 12 INCHES RIGHT OF CENTER LINE HAD CORROSION AROUND FASTENER HOLES. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION, FABRICATED BEAM ANGLE RE - [SDR MWEA010390](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010390), Mar 26, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. RIGHT WING TO FUSELAGE FITTING AT XOS 50 LONGERON 22 RIGHT WAS CRACKED. -- REMOVED FITTING, LOCATED, DRILLED, AND INSTALLED NEW FITTING. - [SDR MWEA010370](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010370), Mar 23, 2001: PAN. CORRODED. E&E BAY DOOR JAMB PAN WAS CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS. REMOVED PAN, LOCATED, DRILLED AND INSTALLED NEW PAN. - [SDR MWEA010369](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010369), Mar 23, 2001: ANGLE. DAMAGED. AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD TEE ANGLE AT STATION 996 HAD 2 AREAS OF MECHANICAL DAMAGE IN RADIUS AND SEVERAL AREAS OF DAMAGE ON FLANGE LONGERON 11 - 13 RIGHT. REMOVED - [SDR MWEA010368](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010368), Mar 23, 2001: FITTING. CORRODED. LEFT LOWER PYLON BEAVER TAIL FITTING BOTTOM SURFACE CORRODED. REMOVED DAMAGED FITTING, DRILLED UP NEW FITTING AND INSTALLED. All 313: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205ME-2003-05-16/reports.md ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI99IA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99IA136), Apr 9, 1999: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (N205ME), Dubuque, IA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: the frozen elevator control. Factors to the incident were the rain and the low temperature. ## Other aircraft with N205ME - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205ME): Mooney M20J, S/N 24-3161, built 1990 - [Cancelled 1994-03-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205ME-1994-03-21): Mooney M20J, S/N 243011. Exported to Austria. Owner: Xxx --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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