# N216ME: 1997 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32, registration cancelled 2005-01-24 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 24, 2005 - Exported to: Mexico - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (registry code 302206C) - Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 47740 - Year built: 1997 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, normal - Airworthiness date: September 16, 1997 - Certificate issued: November 18, 2004 - Last registry action: November 18, 2004 - Mode S code: A1D0E4 - Owner when cancelled: [Interglobal Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/INTERGLOBAL%20INC) - Location: [Carson City, NV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NV/Carson%20City) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.2227° N, 119.7016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 89706, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216ME - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=216ME - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216ME-2005-01-24 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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32.md ## Service difficulty reports (268, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR MWEA030367](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030367), Sep 9, 2003: SKIN. CANNING. STATION 959 LONGERON 18 RIGHT & LONGERON 16 RIGHT EVIDENCE OF OIL CANNING UNDER RIGHT PYLON. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA030366](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030366), Sep 9, 2003: SKIN. CANNING. EVIDENCE OF OIL CANNING ON RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE UNDER PYLON STATION 988 LONGERON 17,18 RIGHT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA030365](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030365), Sep 9, 2003: SKIN. CANNING. EVIDENCE OF OIL CANNING RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE UNDER PYLON STATION 1006 LONGERON 8 RIGHT AND LONGERON 17 RIGHT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR SPLICE AND DOUBL - [SDR MWEA030402](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030402), Mar 10, 2003: SKIN. CANNING. EVIDENCE OF OIL CANNING ON LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE STATION 1025. INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA030129](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030129), Mar 5, 2003: ENGINE. FAILED. AT 32,500 FEET AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION, RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC FLUIDS QUANTITY WAS AT ZERO. REMOVED AND RE - [SDR MWEA030120](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030120), Feb 28, 2003: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. RT START ENGINE VALVE ANNUNCIATOR STAYED ON. VERIFIED VALVE CLOSED, LIGHT IN COCKPIT OUT, COULD NOT DULPICATE AT THIS TIME. - [SDR MWEA030009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030009), Jan 7, 2003: FILTER. DEFECTIVE. RIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID QUANTITY DEPLETED AND LOST PRESSURE. REMOVED AND REPLACED AUXILIARY LINE FILTER HOUSING AND FILTERS. - [SDR MWEA020741](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020741), Dec 17, 2002: BEARING. NOT SEATED. WHEN GEAR RETRACTED ALL LIGHTS OUT, EXCEPT THE LEFT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. MAINTENANCE RESEATED LEFT UPLATCH HOOK CENTER BEARINGS. - [SDR MWEA020452](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020452), Jul 18, 2002: SWITCH. FAULTY. CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS, NO SMOKING LIGHTS AND FASTEN SEATBELT LIGHTS FLASHING ON AND OFF RAPIDLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH AND B5-23 - [SDR MWEA020449](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020449), Jul 17, 2002: STRINGER. CORRODED. RIGHT WING STRINGER 21 HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON UPPER AND LOWER AFT LEG BETWEEN XRS 91&111. BLENDED CORROSION OUT OF STRINGER. - [SDR MWEA020448](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020448), Jul 16, 2002: GYRO. FAILED. CAPTAIN'S ATTITUDE INDICATOR FAILED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 VERTICAL GYRO. OPS CHECK OK REF MM 34-27-0. - [SDR MWEA020445](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020445), Jul 12, 2002: STIFFENER. CORRODED. RIGHT WING LIGHT CORROSION ON UPPER SURFACE OF HORIZONTAL STIFFENER ON INBOARD SIDE OF XRS 91 RIB ABOVE STRINGERS 17 TO 19. REMOVED AND INSTALLED STIFFENER AND - [SDR MWEA020433](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020433), Jun 28, 2002: SKIN. DENTED. FUSELAGE DENT AT STATION 353 1.5 INCH BELOW LONGERON 29 LEFT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA020432](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020432), Jun 28, 2002: GUSSET. CORRODED. AFT PIT STRAP ON DOOR THRESHOLD CORRODED BETWEEN STATION 904 AND STATION 885 LONGERON 29 LEFT. REMOVED AND INSTALLED GUSSET. - [SDR MWEA020431](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020431), Jun 28, 2002: SPLICE. CRACKED. LONGERON SPLICE CRACKED AT FS415 AND 29 LEFT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SPLICE AND SHIMS. - [SDR MWEA020430](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020430), Jun 28, 2002: FITTING. CRACKED. FORWARD CARGO BAY HAS A CRACKED FITTING ON FRAME 503 AT LONGERON 28 RIGHT. REMOVED AND INSTALLED FITTING. - [SDR MWEA020429](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020429), Jun 28, 2002: STOP FITTING. STRIPPED. PAX JAMB DOOR STOP FITTING (THIRD FROM BOTTOM AFT JAMB) HAS STRIPPED OUT THREADS. REMOVED AND INSTALLED FITTING. - [SDR MWEA020444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020444), Jun 25, 2002: FRAME. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO BAY FRAME AT STATION 446 LONGERON 30 IS EXFOLIATED. INSTALLED FRAME SECTION AND SPLICE. - [SDR MWEA020266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020266), Apr 22, 2002: ODOR. DETECTED. CREW REPORTED STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL IN FORWARD GALLEY AREA OF AIRCRAFT. CLEANED CARPETING, REMOVED AND REPLACED WATER SOCKS, VERIFIED APU SERVICING. OPERATED BO - [SDR MWEA020260](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020260), Apr 14, 2002: SWITCH. FAULTY. AT 90 KNOTS, THE OVERSPEED WARNING WENT OFF. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN'S OVERSPEED WARNING SWITCH. - [SDR MWEA020259](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020259), Apr 12, 2002: SENSOR. FAULTY. THE OVERSPEED WARNING WENT OFF. REJECTED TAKEOFF. REMOVED AND REPLACED OVERSPEED SENSOR, OPS CHECK OK. - [SDR MWEA020258](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020258), Apr 11, 2002: WARNING SYSTEM. OUT OF ADJUST. OVERSPEED WARNING SOUNDED. REJECTED TAKEOFF AT LESS THAN 20 KTS. DEFERRED OVERSPEED WARNING. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT/TEST OF OVERSPEED WARNING SYSTEM. REF MM 34-10 - [SDR MWEA020166](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020166), Mar 13, 2002: ENGINE. LEAKING. LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DECREASING, LEFT TEMPERATURE RISING INTO YELLOW ARCH 120 DEGREES CELSIUS. REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, OIL QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO, OIL PRESSUR - [SDR MWEA011459](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011459), Nov 25, 2001: BATTERY PACK. FAILED. COCKPIT LIGHTS CABIN SIDEWALL LIGHTS AND THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS ABOVE THE FORWARD PAX AND GALLEY DOOR ARE ALL PULSING. -- REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK. - [SDR MWEA010995](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010995), Jun 18, 2001: SKIN. DAMAGED. LEFT ELEVATOR UPGRADE REPAIR INSTALLED AT STATION XHS 70 TO SRM 55-03 FIGURE 14. -- REMOVED SKIN, FABRICATED NEW SKIN AND FINGER DOUBLER, INSTALLED SKIN. - [SDR MWEA010994](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010994), Jun 18, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. FORWARD PAX DOOR SKIN HAS A SMALL CRACK AT THE LOWER SIDE OF THE HOLD OPEN HOOK CUT OUT. -- REMOVED DAMAGE, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA010993](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010993), Jun 18, 2001: FRAME. DAMAGED. EXTERIOR FUSELAGE HAS LIGHTENING STRIKES AT WINDOW 9L. -- BLENDED OUT DAMAGED AREAS, LOCATED AND DRILLED DOUBLER, INSTALLED REPAIR AT WINDOW. - [SDR MWEA010992](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010992), Jun 18, 2001: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. #3 SEAT TRACK CORRODED AT FORWARD END APPROXIMATELY STATION 200. -- REMOVED CORROSION, REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF SEAT TRACK, LOCATED AND DRILLED AND INSTALLED - [SDR MWEA010991](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010991), Jun 18, 2001: FRAME. GOUGED. WINDOW 9L INNER WINDOW FRAME HAS SEVERAL MODERATE GOUGES/TOOL MARKS IN RADIUS OF FRAME BOTH FORWARD AND AFT SIDES. -- BLENDED TOOL MARKS, LOCATED AND DRILLED NE - [SDR MWEA010990](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010990), Jun 18, 2001: BRACKET. ELONGATED. ATTACH BRACKET HOLES ELONGATED FORWARD AND AFT, FORWARD CARGO DOOR HINGES ATTACH TO FUSELAGE. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLERS. - [SDR MWEA010989](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010989), Jun 18, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. EXTERIOR SKIN ABOVE FORWARD PAX DOOR HOLD OPEN HOOK CUT OUT HAS TWO SMALL CRACKS. -- TRIMMED, LOCATED AND DRILLED PLATE AND DOUBLERS, INTSTALLED DOUBLERS, PAN, - [SDR MWEA010988](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010988), Jun 18, 2001: TAB. DELAMINATED. RIGHT ELEVATOR GEARED TAB HAS TWO AREAS OF DELAMINATION ON PREVIOUS REPAIR. 1.5" BY 6.0" AREA ON TOP AND 4.0" BY 2.5" AREA ON BOTTOM. -- REMOVED DELAMINATED REP - [SDR MWEA010941](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010941), Jun 12, 2001: ANGLE. CRACKED. STATION 980 ANGLE ON THE TOP OF RIGHT PYLON IS CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGED ANGLE, FABRICATED NEW ANGLE AND REPAIR STRAPS, INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS. - [SDR MWEA010940](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010940), Jun 12, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. AFT CARGO DOOR FORWARD NR 5 BEAM END FITTING CRACKED. REMOVED CRACK AND FITTING, POSITIONED AND DRILLED NEW FITTING, INSTALLED NEW FITTING. - [SDR MWEA010939](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010939), Jun 12, 2001: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. INTERCOSTAL JUST ABOVE AND INBOARD OF YAW DAMPENER ACTUATOR IS CRACKED. REMOVED CRACKED INTERCOSTAL, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA010938](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010938), Jun 12, 2001: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. RIGHT LAVATORY SHEAR TIE CRACKED ON FRAME 980 JUST BELOW LONGERON 14 RIGHT. LOCATED, DRILLED AND INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE. - [SDR MWEA010937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010937), Jun 12, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. FRAME STATION 699 LEFT HAS AN APPROXIMATELY 3.5 INCH CRACK IN LOWER POCKET AFT HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL FLANGE AREA. REMOVED TWO MOUNT BRACKETS FROM FRAME, FABRI - [SDR MWEA010936](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010936), Jun 12, 2001: WINDOW FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT CABIN WINDOW FRAME BETWEEN STATION 639-658 INNER DOUBLER CRACKED AT LOWER AFT CORNER. FABRICATED REPAIR, INSTALLED STACKED ANGLE REPAIR. - [SDR MWEA010935](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010935), Jun 12, 2001: WEB. CRACKED. RIGHT PYLON WEB IS CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES BELOW FIRE EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGE TUBE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS. - [SDR MWEA010932](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010932), Jun 12, 2001: FLOORBOARD. CORRODED. FLOORBOARD SKIN CORRODED BETWEEN FIRST OFFICERS AFT SEAT TRACK, FORWARD OF STATION 160. BLENDED CORRODED AREA, MADE NEW SKIN. - [SDR MWEA010931](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010931), Jun 12, 2001: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. NR 4 SEAT TRACK CORRODED FROM STATION 200-237. REMOVED CORROSION, FABRICATED NEW SEAT TRACK SECTION, INSTALLED SEAT TRACK AND SPLICES. - [SDR MWEA010929](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010929), Jun 12, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. RIGHT LAVATORY SKIN IS CRACKED AT STATION 990 APPROXIMATELY 2.5 INCH CRACK 2 INCHES BELOW LONGERON 14 RIGHT. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUB - [SDR MWEA010928](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010928), Jun 12, 2001: ANGLE. CRACKED. RIGHT LAVATORY TOP STIFFENER FRAME ON AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD THE INBOARD ANGLE THAT ATTACHES TO THE DOOR FRAME IS CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGE, FABRICATED, LOCATED AN - [SDR MWEA010927](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010927), Jun 12, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. LEFT LAV SKIN IS CRACKED JUST BELOW SHEAR TIE AND ABOVE LONGERON 16 LEFT STATION 980. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA, FABRICATED DOUBLER AND FILLER, LOCATED AND DRILLED R - [SDR MWEA010926](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010926), Jun 12, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. LEFT LAV SKIN IS CRACKED 2 INCH BELOW LONGERON 14 LEFT STATION 990. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER. - [SDR MWEA010925](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010925), Jun 12, 2001: STIFFENER. CRACKED. RIGHT LAV BOTTOM AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD 996 STIFFENER FRAME WEB PORTION IS CRACKED AT OUTBOARD END. STOP DRILLED CRACK, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS. - [SDR MWEA010924](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010924), Jun 12, 2001: FLOORBOARD. DAMAGED. CABIN FLOOR PANEL B9 HAS A HOLE IN TOP SURFACE NEAR CENTER OF PANEL. REMOVED FLOORBOARD, REPAIRED AND INSTALLED. - [SDR MWEA010923](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010923), Jun 12, 2001: WEB. DAMAGED. SUBFLOORING FASTENER HOLES LOCATED UNDERNEATH SEAT TRACK NR 4 BETWEEN STATION 218 TO APPROXIMATELY 245 ARE ELONGATED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR. - [SDR MWEA010922](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010922), Jun 12, 2001: FLOORBOARD. CRACKED. FLOOR PANEL A7 AT STATION 756 IS CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGED END OF FLOOR PANEL, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FILLER MATERIAL AND DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA010921](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010921), Jun 12, 2001: FLOORBOARD. CRACKED. FLOOR PANEL E6 AT STATION 579 IS CRACKED. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER. All 268: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216ME-2005-01-24/reports.md ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Incident 20020313004479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020313004479I), Mar 13, 2002: Doug DC932 (N216ME), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 0734 EST, a Douglas DC-9-32, N216ME, flight 273, operated by midwest express airlines, on a flight from ewk to mke… - [Incident 20011128032709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011128032709I), Nov 28, 2001: Doug DC932 (N216ME), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On November 28, 2001, midwest express airlines, N216ME reported to ATC that it had a gear problem on takeoff from msy. The aircraft log entry indicated… --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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