# N401ME: 1968 Douglas DC-9-32, registration cancelled 2003-12-23 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 23, 2003 - Exported to: Colombia - 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: 47133 - Year built: 1968 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: December 12, 1988 - Certificate issued: August 18, 1988 - Last registry action: August 20, 2003 - Mode S code: A4B170 - 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/N401ME - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=401ME - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401ME-2003-12-23 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 (293, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR MWEA030282](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030282), Jul 18, 2003: SKIN. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 1164 ON RIGHT SIDE OF AFT OF LOUVER HAS DAMAGE TO THE INTERNAL SIDE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA030270](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030270), Jun 30, 2003: DUCT. LOOSE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A LOUD NOISE COMING FORM TAIL COMPARTMENT. FOUND ORANGE DUCT LOOSE AT TURBINE EXHAUST, RECONNECTED AND CLAMPED THE SAME. - [SDR MWEA030242](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030242), Jun 9, 2003: SEAT BELT. BROKEN. CAPTAIN'S SEAT BELT BROKE. RESECURED SEAT BELT AT MOUNT. - [SDR MWEA030159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030159), Apr 3, 2003: WIRE. CHAFED. LT ENGINE FIRE HANDLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING APPROACH. REPAIRED CHAFED WIRE. - [SDR MWEA030142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030142), Mar 21, 2003: CONTROL VALVE. INOPERATIVE. RIGHT TEMPERATURE CONTROL NOT WORKING IN MANUAL. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE. - [SDR MWEA030112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030112), Feb 25, 2003: THROTTLE SWITCH. DEFECTIVE. GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED ON SWITCH UNIT AND INSTALLED LEFT THROTTLE SWITCH. - [SDR MWEA030059](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030059), Feb 8, 2003: FILLET. CRACKED. CREW REPORTED LEFT SIDE WING AREA VIBRATION WITH FLAPS UP AND GEAR RETRACTED. FOUND FILLET CRACKS AND RIGHT ACM DUCT SUPPORT BRACKET BOLTS BROKE. REPAIRED FILLE - [SDR MWEA030043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030043), Jan 22, 2003: TRANSMITTER. DEFECTIVE. RIGHT OIL PRESSURE WAS AT ZERO. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED TRANSMITTER AND BUTT SPLICE. - [SDR MWEA030039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030039), Jan 20, 2003: SEAL. CORRODED. LOWER SEAL ON LEFT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR IS CORRODED. -- LOCATED AND INSTALLED NEW SEAL RETAINER. - [SDR MWEA030038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030038), Jan 20, 2003: SPAR. DAMAGED. LEFT WING STATION XRS 157 AFT SPAR REPAIR. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW TEE. - [SDR MWEA030037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030037), Jan 20, 2003: FRAME. CRACKED. CANTED FRAME AT STATION 1168 AT THE 2 O'CLOCK POSITION IS CRACKED. -- LOCATED,DRILLED AND INSTALLED NEW FRAME. - [SDR MWEA030034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030034), Jan 16, 2003: CLIP. CRACKED. RUDDER POWER PACK SUPPORT TO FRAME ATTACH POINT IS CRACKED ON THE FRAME SIDE, RIGHT SIDE OF AFT ACCESSORY. -- REMOVED ATTACH POINT, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW - [SDR MWEA030033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030033), Jan 16, 2003: DOUBLER. DENTED. FUSELAGE DENT AFT OF CARGO DOOR STATION 965 BETWEEN LONGERON 25-26 RIGHT. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA020769](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020769), Dec 31, 2002: WEB. CRACKED. FOUND TWO CRACKS IN WEB AT FUSELAGE STATION 1038 LEFT SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY LONGERON 12. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED NEW SECTION. - [SDR MWEA020604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020604), Sep 27, 2002: COALESCER BAG. UNSERVICEABLE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMELL IN AFT CABIN. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT COALESCER BAG. - [SDR MWEA020520](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020520), Aug 29, 2002: SPLICE. CRACKED. APB TEE CRACKED NOTED BETWEEN LONGERON 11L & 12L APPROX. 2" LONG. -- CUT AND SPLICE SECTION OF APB TEE PER SRO 953001 - [SDR MWEA020309](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020309), May 1, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN HAS A SMALL CRACK JUST FORWARD OF VENTRAL STAIRS. REMOVED AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE SKIN IAW DC9 SRM 51-30-3 AND 53-30-0. - [SDR MWEA011479](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011479), Dec 10, 2001: GCU. FAILED. LOST LEFT HAND GENERATOR JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. NORMAL CROSSTIE RAN QRH, RESET GENERATOR, AGAIN LOST LEFT GENERATOR RAN QRH. LEFT HAND GCU HAD GENERATOR CONTROL FA - [SDR MWEA011403](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011403), Oct 18, 2001: DUCT. CRACKED. LOUD (RUSHING AIR) SOUND FROM AFT CABIN AREA. ALSO RIGHT TEMP CONTROL VALVE WHEN FULL HOT, BUT CABIN TEMP SHOWS FULL COLD. TEMP MODULATION (MANUAL MODE) HAS NO - [SDR MWEA011350](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011350), Sep 27, 2001: ANGLE. CORRODED. EXFOLIATION CORROSION ON AFT END OF VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACH ANGLE LEFT SIDE, STATION 1121. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED ANGLE REPAIR. - [SDR MWEA011348](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011348), Sep 27, 2001: DOUBLER. MISSING. SIX EMPTY FASTNER HOLES, FORWARD CARGO DOOR JAMB BAY, STATION 370 TO 362, LONGERON 29 RIGHT TO 28 RIGHT. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS AND FILLER. - [SDR MWEA011347](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011347), Sep 27, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN STATION 813-832 HAS AREAS OF LIGHT CORROSION UNDER CHAFE STRIP AROUND NUT PLATE HOLES FROM LONGERON 21 THROUGH LONGERON 26 RIGHT. FABRICAT - [SDR MWEA011346](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011346), Sep 27, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER CHANNEL OF FRAME, STATION 313, LONGERON 30. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS AND PLATES. - [SDR MWEA011345](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011345), Sep 27, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON LOWER CHANNEL OF FRAME, STATION 332, LONGERON 30. REMOVED AND REPLACED SECTION OF FRAME AND SPLICE DOUBLERS. - [SDR MWEA011343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011343), Sep 27, 2001: DOOR FRAME. DAMAGED. VENTRAL DOOR JAMB HAS 4 EACH HOLES THAT ARE ELONGATED. HOLES ARE UNDER SILL PLATE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SCUFF PLATE AND REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA011342](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011342), Sep 27, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BOTTOM FACE OF FRAME, STATION 218, BETWEEN AND EXTENDING UNDER LONGERONS 30 AND 29 LEFT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES AND PLATES. - [SDR MWEA011341](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011341), Sep 27, 2001: FRAME. CORRODED. E&E COMPARTMENT FRAME STATION 180 HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON FORWARD SIDE FROM LONGERON 28 RIGHT TO 30. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR. - [SDR MWEA011340](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011340), Sep 27, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. FRAME FITTING CRACKED, STATION 427, LONGERON 28 LEFT -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FITTING - [SDR MWEA011339](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011339), Sep 27, 2001: ANGLE. TOOL DAMAGE, CORROSION AROUND BN NUT, ONE ELONGATED FASTENER HOLE AND THREE EMPTY FASTENER HOLES, FORWARD CARGO DOOR JAMB BAY, STATION 427 TO 435, LONGERON 28 R - [SDR MWEA011260](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011260), Sep 15, 2001: SPLICE. CORRODED. E&E COMPARTMENT, LONGERON 29 LEFT HAS AREAS OF LIGHT CORROSION BETWEEN STATION 160 AND 170. REMOVED AND REPLACED SPLICE. - [SDR MWEA011271](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011271), Sep 15, 2001: FRAME. CRACKED. NOSE WHEEL WELL LEFT TUNNEL AREA, FRAME STATION 94 HAS A CRACK, LOCATED FORWARD OF EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME SECTION. - [SDR MWEA011269](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011269), Sep 15, 2001: DOUBLER. CORRODED. STATION 996 VENTRAL STAIR WAY LOWER WEB CORRODED BETWEEN WEB SKINS BETWEEN 28 LEFT AND 28 RIGHT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED WEB SECTIONS AND DOUBLERS. - [SDR MWEA011268](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011268), Sep 15, 2001: DOUBLER. CORRODED. FORWARD FACE OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD, CORROSION ON VERTICAL LEG OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD TEE, AT LONGERON 30 AREA. REMOVED AND REPLACED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA011267](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011267), Sep 15, 2001: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. AFT CARGO PIT, STATION 995, LEFT SHEAR TIE CRACKED AT 28 LEFT. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR TIE. - [SDR MWEA011266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011266), Sep 15, 2001: CASTING. CHAFED. AFT STAIR, LEFT AFT JAMB CORNER FITTING HAS DEEP CHAFE DAMAGE. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED CASTING. - [SDR MWEA011264](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011264), Sep 15, 2001: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD SKINS 5910130-3 /-5 ARE CRACKED ON THE LOWER INBOARD TABS. TRIMMED INBOARD TABS OF SKINS AND FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW SPACER. - [SDR MWEA011263](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011263), Sep 15, 2001: LONGERON. CRACKED. E&E COMPARTMENT, LONGERON 23 LEFT IS CRACKED AT FRAME STATION 200. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON AND SPLICE. - [SDR MWEA011262](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011262), Sep 15, 2001: LONGERON. CRACKED. E&E COMPARTMENT, LONGERON 24 LEFT IS CRACKED AT FRAME STATION 200. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON AND SPLICE. - [SDR MWEA011261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011261), Sep 15, 2001: LONGERON. CORRODED. E&E COMPARTMENT LONGERON 29 RIGHT HAS SPOTS OF LIGHT CORROSION AFT OF STATION 180. REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON. - [SDR MWEA011259](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011259), Sep 15, 2001: LONGERON. CORRODED. E&E COMPARTMENT, LONGERON 30 HAS AREAS OF LIGHT CORROSION AND BARE METAL BETWEEN STATION 160 & 180. REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON. - [SDR MWEA011258](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011258), Sep 15, 2001: DOOR FRAME. GOUGED. LEFT AFT EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR JAMB AT THE UPPER LATCH IS GOUGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA011257](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011257), Sep 15, 2001: LONGERON. CORRODED. BARE METAL AND LIGHT CORROSION, LONGERON 29 LEFT, STATION 218 TO 237. REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON AND SPLICE. - [SDR MWEA011256](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011256), Sep 14, 2001: FLOORBEAM. CRACKED. FLOORBEAM CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES FORWARD OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD AT LOWER LEFT CORNER OF VENTRAL DOOR BELOW FLOORBOARD. CRACK INDICATION FOUND ON RADIO - [SDR MWEA011255](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011255), Sep 14, 2001: WEB. CORRODED. FORWARD SERVICE DOOR, LIGHT CORROSION AND MISDRILLED HOLE ON LOWER WEB OF DOORS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA011254](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011254), Sep 14, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. AFT CARGO DOOR BOTTOM INNER SKIN CORRODED UNDER STOP FITTING. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER. - [SDR MWEA011245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011245), Sep 5, 2001: DOUBLER. TORN. THE AFT CARGO DOOR HAS A PREVIOUS REPAIR IN THE DOOR JAMB THAT IS TORN IN THE BOTTOM AFT EDGE NEAR THE DOOR ROTATING LOCK LATCH. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REP - [SDR MWEA011244](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011244), Sep 5, 2001: DOUBLER. CHAFED. RIGHT WING FUELING PANEL MIDDLE LATCHES CHAFING INTO LEFT STRAP. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLERS, FILLERS, AND SHIMS. - [SDR MWEA011243](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011243), Sep 5, 2001: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. CABIN FLOOR, CENTERLINE INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AT STATION 446. -- REMOVED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA011242](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011242), Sep 5, 2001: FITTING. CRACKED. FITTING CRACKED AT CENTER FUEL TANK FORWARD BULKHEAD ABOVE LONGERON 24 LEFT. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FITTING. - [SDR MWEA011223](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011223), Aug 30, 2001: RIB. CHAFED. RIGHT WING NR 3 SLAT INBOARD IDLER TRACK BOLT CHAFING INTO OUTBOARD RIB. BLENDED AND REPAIRED DAMAGED HI LOCK AREA. All 293: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401ME-2003-12-23/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 19900221013469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900221013469I), Feb 21, 1990: Doug DC932 (N401ME), Milwaukee, WI. Unable to extend flaps. Landed without incident. Flap position quadrant was galled with burr. ## Other aircraft with N401ME - [Cancelled 2018-02-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401ME-2018-02-13): Cessna 401A, S/N 401A0085, built 1969. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Heartland Air LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HEARTLAND%20AIR%20LLC), [Mabelvale, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Mabelvale) --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.