# N302ME: Douglas DC-9-32, registration cancelled 2004-03-05

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 5, 2004
- Exported to: South Africa
- 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 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 47102
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 5, 1987
- Certificate issued: October 11, 1991
- Last registry action: August 20, 2003
- Mode S code: A327D8
- Owner when cancelled: [Midwest Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MIDWEST%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [Milwaukee, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Milwaukee)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.9751° N, 87.8989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 53207, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N302ME
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=302ME
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302ME-2004-03-05

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 (344, newest 50)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR MWEA030412](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030412), Oct 8, 2003: WIRE. BROKEN. AFTER CONTROL CHECK, THE RUDDER TRAVEL UNRESTRICTED LIGHT WENT OUT, WHEN LEFT RUDDER IS MOVED 3 INCHES THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WHEN THE RIGHT PEDAL IS MOVED F
- [SDR MWEA030363](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030363), Sep 6, 2003: WIRE. BROKEN. RUDDER TRAVEL UNRESTRICTED LIGHT NOT ON. FOUND WIRE BROKEN NEAR RUDDER, REPAIRED WIRE.
- [SDR MWEA030331](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030331), Aug 26, 2003: AMPLIFIER. INOPERATIVE. CAPTAIN'S ATTITUDE INICATOR SHOWS GYRO FLAG DURING ANY ATTITUDE CHANGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIER.
- [SDR MWEA030186](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030186), Apr 25, 2003: SWITCH. DIRTY. ON PUSHBACK AFTER ENGINE START THE RIGHT DC VOLTS SHOWED ZERO. CLEANED VOLT SELECT SWITCH IN COCKPIT OVERHEAD. OPERATION CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR MWEA020602](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020602), Sep 27, 2002: SPAR. GOUGED. LEFT WING, LOWER ANGLE FITTINGS ON FALSE SPAR HAS A DEEP GOUGE IN IT. DOT NS01. -- BLENDED GUAGE, REMOVED AND INSTALLED FITTINGS FABRICATED REPAIR AND INSTALLED
- [SDR MWEA020601](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020601), Sep 27, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN IS CRACKED AT 3 RIVETS HOLES FRAME STATION 996 BETWEEN LONGERON 3&4 LEFT. -- STOPPED DRILLED 3 CRACKS, BLENDED 3 EACH DRILLED START . FABRICATED A
- [SDR MWEA020600](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020600), Sep 27, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN IS CRACKED AT ONE RIVET HOLE FRAME STATION 996 BETWEEN LONGERON 3&4 RIGHT. -- STOP DRILLED NOTED CRACK, BLENDED 2 DRILL START. FABRICATED, LOCATED
- [SDR MWEA020539](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020539), Sep 5, 2002: HYDRAULIC LINE. LEAKING. LOST ALL HYDRAULIC QUANTITY ON RIGHT SIDE. -- REMOVED LINES REPLACED WITH TEMPORARY FLEX LINE AND PLACED ON MAINTENACE CARRY OVER FOR REPLACEMENT OF TEMPORARY F
- [SDR MWEA020332](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020332), May 2, 2002: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHT BULBS INOP ABOVE TAIL CONE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERIES IN BATTERY PACK. OPS CHECK OK.
- [SDR MWEA020164](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020164), Mar 7, 2002: SHUTOFF VALVE. FAULTY. RIGHT HAND ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE CAUTION LIGHT ON, WITH RIGHT HAND ENGINE ANTI-ICE SELECTED ON. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT HAND ENGINE COWL VALVE. THE BAD VALVE
- [SDR MWEA011066](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011066), Jul 23, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. CRACK INDICATION ON OUT DOOR PAN UPPER SIDE OF #1 AFT DOOR STOP OF FORWARD CARGO DOOR. -- STOP DRILLED CRACK AND FABRICATED DOUBLER, LOCATED, DRILLED AND DEBURR
- [SDR MWEA011050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011050), Jul 16, 2001: DOUBLER. CRACKED. AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT SHEAR TIE DOUBLER AT FRAME STATION 1019 AT LONGERON 14 LEFT IS CRACKED. -- REMOVED SHEAR TIE DOUBLER, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW SHE
- [SDR MWEA011049](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011049), Jul 16, 2001: RIB. CORRODED. RIGHT WING NR 1 SLAT INBOARD IDLER TRACK, OUTBOARD RIB HAS EXFOLIATION CORROSION AROUND TRACK DOOR FORWARD HINGE BOSS. REMOVED CORROSION, DRILLED NEW INBOARD AN
- [SDR MWEA010167](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010167), Feb 16, 2001: REGULATOR VALVE. STUCK. DURING CLIMBOUT FROM MILWAUKEE, AIRFOIL ICE PROTECTION PRESSURE ABNORMAL LIGHT CAME ON. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MILWAUKEE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIG
- [SDR MWEA001110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001110), Oct 25, 2000: HARNESS. CHAFED. WHEN GEAR LEVER WAS RAISED, SPARK CAME OUT BEHIND PANEL. FOUND CHAFING WIRE BEHIND GEAR HANDLE QUADRANT. REPOSITIONED WIRE BUNDLE AND SPLICED CHAFING WIRE.
- [SDR MWEA001058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001058), Oct 20, 2000: FORMER. CRACKED. FORMER UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE OF APB AT STATION 996 IS CRACKED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FORMER.
- [SDR MWEA00858](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00858), Oct 20, 2000: GUSSET. CORRODED. WEB GUSSET CORRODED BELOW FIRST OFFICER''S CLEARVIEW WINDOW. REMOVED AND REPLACED GUSSET.
- [SDR MWEA00842](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00842), Oct 20, 2000: FORMER. CRACKED. FORMER AND UPPER OUTBOARD CLIP ON AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD AT STATION 996 ARE CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORMER AND CLIP.
- [SDR MWEA00841](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00841), Oct 20, 2000: CLIP. MISDRILLED. AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD, FORWARD SIDE STIFFENER ATTACH CLIP BY LONGERON 7 RIGHT, HAS ONE MISDRILLED HOLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP.
- [SDR MWEA00838](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00838), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. TOOL MARK ON AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD FORMER DOUBLER, RIGHT FORWARD SIDE, OUTBOARD ATTACH POINT. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORMER AND CLIP.
- [SDR MWEA00859](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00859), Oct 20, 2000: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CABIN INTERCOSTAL JUST FORWARD OF FLOORBEAM STATION 756 AND OUTBOARD OF SEAT TRACK NR 3 HAS A CRACK. REMOVED AND REPLACED INTERCOSTAL.
- [SDR MWEA00857](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00857), Oct 20, 2000: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AT STATION 484 ATTACHMENT AT LONGERON 6 RIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED INTERCOSTAL.
- [SDR MWEA00856](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00856), Oct 20, 2000: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AT INBOARD ATTACHMENT STATION 484, LONGERON 6 LEFT. REMOVED AND REPLACED INTERCOSTAL.
- [SDR MWEA00855](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00855), Oct 20, 2000: WEB. CRACKED. CABIN SUBFLOOR OUTBOARD OF SEAT TRACK NR 4 AT STATION 756 IS CRACKED AND HAS LIGHT CORROSION AND MISSING FOUR FASTENERS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER
- [SDR MWEA00854](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00854), Oct 20, 2000: WEB. CORRODED. LIGHT CORROSION ON RIGHT HAND FLOOR WEB FROM STATION 237 - 256. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR SECTION.
- [SDR MWEA00853](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00853), Oct 20, 2000: SUPPORT BRACKET. CRACKED. FLOORBOARD SUPPORT BRACKET HAS CHAFE MARKS, CORROSION, AND A CRACK AT STATION 465 BETWEEN CENTER INTERCOSTAL AND NR 2 SEAT TRACK. REMOVED AND REPLACED SUPPORT B
- [SDR MWEA00852](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00852), Oct 20, 2000: WEB. CRACKED. CABIN FLOOR WEB CRACKED AT STATION 380 OUTBOARD OF NR 4 SEAT TRACK. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA00851](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00851), Oct 20, 2000: ANGLE. CRACKED. Z ANGLE FLOOR SUPPORT CRACKED AND CHAFED IN SEVERAL PLACES AT STATION 313 BETWEEN CENTER INTERCOSTAL AND SEAT TRACK NR 3. REMOVED AND REPLACED Z ANGLE.
- [SDR MWEA00850](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00850), Oct 20, 2000: WEB. CHAFED. RIGHT HAND FLOOR WEB HAS LITE CHAFE DAMAGE FROM STATION 294 - 313. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA00849](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00849), Oct 20, 2000: FLOORBEAM. CHAFED. FLOOR SUPPORT AND BEAM AT STATION 522 HAVE CHAFE DAMAGE BETWEEN NR 2 SEAT TRACK AND CENTER FLOOR SUPPORT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED WEAR STRIP REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA00848](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00848), Oct 20, 2000: ANGLE. CRACKED. Z-ANGLE FLOOR SUPPORT CRACKED AND IS CHAFED AT STATION 313 INBOARD OF SEAT TRACK NR 2. REMOVED AND REPLACED Z-ANGLE FLOOR SUPPORT.
- [SDR MWEA00847](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00847), Oct 20, 2000: WEB. CRACKED. LEFT HAND FLOOR WEB CRACKED AT STATION 598. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA00846](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00846), Oct 20, 2000: WEB. CRACKED. LEFT HAND SUBFLOOR WEB CRACKED IN RADIUS AROUND LIGHTNING HOLE AT STATION 832. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA00845](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00845), Oct 20, 2000: WEB. MISDRILLED. LEFT HAND SUBFLOOR WEB, 2 MISDRILLED HOLES AT STATION 832 UNDER OUTBOARD PHENOLIC SUPPORT ANGLE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA00844](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00844), Oct 20, 2000: FLOORBEAM. CHAFED. CABIN FLOORBEAM STATION 598 JUST OUTBOARD OF CENTER FLOORBEAM CHAFED BEYOND LIMITS. INSTALLED FLOORBEAM REPAIR PER BOEING TELEX-MWX-ORD-00-00451H.
- [SDR MWEA00843](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00843), Oct 20, 2000: INTERCOSTAL. GOUGED. GOUGES ON INTERCOSTAL FROM STATION 365 TO 370 RIGHT OF LONGERON 30. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL WEB REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA00840](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00840), Oct 20, 2000: STIFFENER. CRACKED. AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD, FORWARD STIFFENER BELOW LONGERON NR 1 HAS A CRACK AT TOP HOLE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS.
- [SDR MWEA00837](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00837), Oct 20, 2000: BRACKET. CRACKED. FOUND BRACKET AT STATION 367, LONGERON 30 TO BE CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED BRACKET.
- [SDR MWEA00836](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00836), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. GOUGED. LEFT FUSELAGE, GOUGE ON FRAME AT STATION 560 AT LONGERON 11 LEFT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA00835](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00835), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. FRAME AT STATION 908 HAS 2 INSTALLED RIVETS WITH NO EDGE DISTANCE AT LONGERON RIGHT 8. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA00834](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00834), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. CRACKED. STATION 484 FRAME CRACKED AROUND 3 FASTENERS LONGERON 6 RIGHT ON FORWARD SIDE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME.
- [SDR MWEA00833](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00833), Oct 20, 2000: SKIN. TOOL DAMAGE. DRILL MARKS ON APB SKIN WHERE SKIN ATTACHES TO APB TEE AT STATION 996. REPAIRED DRILL STARTS (3) PER BOEING ENGINEERING TELEX 8/30/00.
- [SDR MWEA001038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001038), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 929 FRAME RIGHT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 4 AND 5 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PER BOEING
- [SDR MWEA001037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001037), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 929 FRAME LEFT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 4 AND 5 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PER BEOING 
- [SDR MWEA001035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001035), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 929 FRAME LEFT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 5 AND 6 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PER BOEING 
- [SDR MWEA001034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001034), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 832 FRAME LEFT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 5 AND 6 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PER BOEING 
- [SDR MWEA001033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001033), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 813 FRAME RIGHT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 5 AND 6 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER BOEING ENGIN
- [SDR MWEA001032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001032), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 870 FRAME RIGHT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 5 AND 6 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PER BOEING
- [SDR MWEA001031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001031), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 870 FRAME LEFT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 5 AND 6 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PER BOEING 
- [SDR MWEA001030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001030), Oct 20, 2000: FRAME. MISDRILLED. STATION 851 FRAME RIGHT HAND SIDE IN BETWEEN LONGERON 4 AND 5 HAS A GROUP OF PLUG RIVETS WITH IMPROPER SPACING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PER BOEING

All 344: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302ME-2004-03-05/reports.md

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 19960326021009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960326021009I), Mar 26, 1996: Doug DC932 (N302ME), Fort Smith, AR. Narrative: on March 22, 1996, a DC-9-32, N302ME, flight #MEP304, milwaukee to dfw, reported an engine out and diverted to Fort Smith (fsm), AR declared a…

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