# N806ME: 1981 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81), registration cancelled 2006-05-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 17, 2006
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-81-md-81) (registry code 3022081)
- 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: 48032
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 1, 1999
- Certificate issued: January 24, 2006
- Last registry action: January 24, 2006
- Mode S code: AAF93F
- Owner when cancelled: [Aeroturbine Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AEROTURBINE%20INC)
- Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 25.8050° N, 80.3151° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33122, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N806ME
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=806ME
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N806ME-2006-05-17

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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-9-81(MD-81): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-81-md-81.md

## Service difficulty reports (118, newest 50)

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

- [SDR MWEA050034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050034), Apr 25, 2005: DOUBLER. DENTED. DENT REQUIRES REPAIR AT FRAME STATION 245 BETWEEN 1181 AND 1171. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040047](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040047), Mar 31, 2004: BRACKET. CORRODED. FOUR AREAS OF CORROSION ON LOWER RUDDER BRACKET. REMOVED AND REPLACED LOWER BRACKETS.
- [SDR MWEA040046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040046), Mar 29, 2004: ANGLE. CRACKED. CRACK ON DOOR PAN AFT SIDE OF PAN NEAR TORQUE TUBE END CAM FORWARD CARGO DOOR. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE.
- [SDR MWEA040042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040042), Mar 29, 2004: LONGERON. CRACKED. LONGERON 4 LEFT IS CRACKED AT FRAME STATION 541. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED LONGERON AND SPLICES.
- [SDR MWEA040045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040045), Mar 29, 2004: SKIN. DENTED. RUDDER SKIN ON LEFT SIDE IS DENTED BETWEEN RIB NR 14 AND 15 FROM TOP AT CENTER OF PANEL. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040044](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040044), Mar 29, 2004: DOOR FRAME. CHAFED. MID CARGO PIT DOOR JAMB FORWARD HINGE, FORWARD SUPPORT IS CHAFED AT THE HINGE BOLT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040043](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040043), Mar 29, 2004: BULKHEAD. PUNCTURED. STATION 218 AT LONGERON 27 RIGHT THE 218 BULKHEAD HAS A PUNCTURE APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES ABOVE LONGERON 27 RIGHT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040041), Mar 29, 2004: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. STATION 636 INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN LONGERON 30 AND 26 RIGHT HAS CORROSION. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL.
- [SDR MWEA040040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040040), Mar 29, 2004: SKIN. DENTED. RUDDER SKIN LEFT SIDE IS DENTED BETWEEN RIBS 12 AND 13 FROM TOP AT CENTER OF PANEL. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040039), Mar 29, 2004: FRAME. CRACKED. AFT ACCESSORY CANTED FRAME WEB HAS A CRACK LOCATED JUST RIGHT OF FORWARD VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT ATTACH TANG. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040038), Mar 26, 2004: FASTENER. CORRODED. RIGHT WING EXTERIOR BOTTOM AFT SKIN HAS 3 EACH SPOTS OF CORROSION BETWEEN STATION XRS69 AND XRS91, ALL CORROSION SPOTS ARE WITHIN 14 INCHES OF AFT SPAR T. REMOV
- [SDR MWEA040037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040037), Mar 26, 2004: DOUBLER. CORRODED. RIGHT WIND EXTERIOR BOTTOM AFT SKIN HAS A CORROSION SPOT AT STATION XRS234 STRINGER 17. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040036), Mar 26, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. LEFT AILERON UPPER SURFACE FORWARD INBOARD EDGE, STAINLESS STEEL CHAFE PLATE IS LIFTING UP ON THE AFT END, ALSO CORROSION IS EVIDENT ALONG THE INBOARD AND OUTBO
- [SDR MWEA040035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040035), Mar 25, 2004: DOUBLER. CORRODED. LEFT WING LEADING EDGE HAS CORROSION 12 FT OUTBOARD OF NR 1 SLAT INBOARD IDLER ARM. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA04034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA04034), Mar 25, 2004: FRAME. CORRODED. FRAME STATION 1307 BETWEEN LONGERON 29 LEFT AND 29 RIGHT HAS CORROSION. CUT OUT DAMADED SECTION OF FRAME, FABRICATED 13 PLATES AND INSTALLED 16 FASTENERS, REINS
- [SDR MWEA040033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040033), Mar 25, 2004: LONGERON. CRACKED. WINDOW BELT CRACK VISUALLY DETECTED, STATION 408 LONGERON 15 LEFT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED EACH LONGERON SPLICE, INSTALLE
- [SDR MWEA040027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040027), Mar 19, 2004: SKIN. CORRODED. RIGHT WING EXTERIOR BOTTOM AFT SKIN HAS A SPOT OF CORROSION AT STATION XRS410 AFT SPAR TEE AREA. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA040025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040025), Mar 18, 2004: ANGLE. CORRODED. CORROSION ON ANGLE SUPPORT BRACKET ON RIGHT FLAP TRAILING EDGE AT RIGHT WING STATION XCW 104.5. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE.
- [SDR MWEA040020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040020), Feb 22, 2004: BOTTLE. LOW. AFT ACCESS EVACUATION SLIDE PRESSURE BELOW 2000 PSI. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT EVACUATION SLIDE.
- [SDR MWEA040014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040014), Jan 30, 2004: O-RING. LEAKING. RT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY GAUGE INDICATED IN RED ARC FOLLOWED BY RT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW AND RUDDER CONTROL MANUAL LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCEDURE
- [SDR MWEA040002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040002), Jan 4, 2004: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 1.8 ENGINE PRESSURE RATIO. COMPLIED WITH POWER ASSSURANCE CHECK. ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL.
- [SDR MWEA030432](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030432), Oct 23, 2003: STARTER. INOPERATIVE. NO HIGH-PRESSURE COMPRESSOR SHAFT SPEED ROTATION WHEN STARTING RT ENGINE, START VALVE OPEN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. REMOVED AND REPLACED ENGINE STARTER.
- [SDR MWEA030307](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030307), Aug 13, 2003: CATCHER. PLUGGED. ADDING POWER FOR TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE PRESSURE RATIO WAS AT 1.80. UNPLUGGED TRAP ASSY- CONDENSATION LEAK CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR MWEA030266](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030266), Jun 28, 2003: PAN. CRACKED. FORWARD GALLEY SERVICE DOOR HOOK PAN ASSEMBLY IS CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CRACKED PAN ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR MWEA030166](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030166), Apr 14, 2003: BUSHING. DAMAGED. FOUR HI-LOKS REQUIRED REMOVAL IN THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK APPROXIMATELY XCW 67 AND XCW 69 DUE TO FUEL LEAKS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED BUSHINGS.
- [SDR MWEA030161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030161), Apr 7, 2003: FILLER. CRACKED. RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE INTERNAL, CRACK IN MILLED AREA OF INTERNAL LEADING EDGE AT WING STATION XFS112. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FILLER, INSTALLED FASTENERS.
- [SDR MWEA030160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030160), Apr 7, 2003: SKIN. CRACKED. RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE INTERNAL CRACK, LOWER AND FORWARD SURFACE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLERS.
- [SDR MWEA030158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030158), Apr 4, 2003: BUSHING. CORRODED. LEFT OUTBOARD LOBE FOR HORIZONTAL STABILIZER PIVOT BEARING CORRODED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED BUSHING.
- [SDR MWEA030157](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030157), Apr 2, 2003: RIB. CORRODED. LEFT NR 0 SLAT TRACK ATTACH RIB STATION XIS40.014 HAS CORROSION IN THE HOLES FOR THE AFT ECCENTRIC'S. REMOVED CORROSION, INSTALLED BUSHING ON LEFT NR 0 SLAT DRI
- [SDR MWEA030156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030156), Apr 2, 2003: SKIN. DAMAGED. RIGHT FUSELAGE SKIN AT A NUT PLATE HOLE STATION 1095 BELOW LONGERON 19 RIGHT HAS DAMAGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA030154](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030154), Apr 1, 2003: PLATE. DAMAGED. LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CONSTANT UPPER FORWARD PLATE IS DAMAGED 2.5 INCH AFT OF FWD EDGE 1 INCH FROM INBOARD EDGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER, FILLER A
- [SDR MWEA030147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030147), Mar 28, 2003: ACCESS PANEL. DAMAGED. RIGHT ELEVATOR UPPER ACCESS PANEL 3632 DOUBLER DAMAGED AT INBOARD SCREW HOLE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER AND BALANCED ELEVATOR.
- [SDR MWEA030146](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030146), Mar 26, 2003: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. SHEAR CLIP IS CRACKED AT FRAME STATION 1309 ABOVE LONGERON 16 LEFT. LOCATED, DRILLED AND INSTALLED SHEAR CLIP.
- [SDR MWEA030145](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030145), Mar 26, 2003: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. NR 1 SEAT TRACK CORRODED INBOARD OF AFT SERVICE DOOR BY NUT PLATES. LOCATED, DRILLED AND INSTALLED TRACK SECTION.
- [SDR MWEA030144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030144), Mar 26, 2003: SHEAR TIE. CRACKED. SHEAR TIE IS CRACKED AT FRAME STATION 1309 ABOVE LONGERON 16 RIGHT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED TWO SHIMS AND NEW SHEAR TIE.
- [SDR MWEA030141](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030141), Mar 24, 2003: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. # 1&2 SEAT TRACK HAS CORROSION AT FRAME STATION 1265. -- BLENDED SEAT TRACK, LOCATED,DRILLED AND INSTALLED REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA030140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030140), Mar 24, 2003: DOUBLER. GOUGED. STATION 237 FRAME ABOVE LONGERON 15 RIGHT IS GOUGED. -- FABRICATED,LOCATED,DRILLED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA030139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030139), Mar 24, 2003: DOUBLER. CORRODED. SUBFLOOR HAS A SPOT OF LIGHT CORROSION AT STATION 207 APPROBIMATELY 6" RIGHT OF CENTER. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA030138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030138), Mar 21, 2003: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. SUBFLOOR INTERCOSTAL CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES BETWEEN FRAME STATION 788 AND 769 CENTERLINE. --FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA030001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA030001), Jan 6, 2003: VALVE. DEFECTIVE. NOTICED RIGHT AIRPACK CYCLING ON AND OFF. -- REMOVED AND REPLACED PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE, TURBINE INLET SWITCH AND COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE SWITCH.
- [SDR MWEA020639](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020639), Oct 25, 2002: DOUBLER. DAMAGED. CHAFED ON REPAIR DOUBLER AROUND LEFT GEAR DOOR SENSOR. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA020197](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020197), Mar 27, 2002: TIP CAP. DAMAGED. RIGHT ELEVATOR TIP END HAS SEVERAL ELONGATED HOLES. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED TIP END.
- [SDR MWEA020204](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020204), Mar 27, 2002: LONGERON. CHAFED. LONGERON 17 LEFT CHAFED AFT OF SHOVEL CLIP AT STATION 1338. -- REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. FORMED REPAIR SPLICE AND FILLER SECTION. INSTALLED LONGERON REPAIR SPLIC
- [SDR MWEA020203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020203), Mar 27, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. STATION 180 INTERCOSTAL HAS TWO DAMAGED FASTENER HOLES AT A GUSSET 40 INCHES RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT CENTERLINE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED STACKED ANGLE REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA020202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020202), Mar 27, 2002: PAN. GOUGED. FORWARD GALLEY SERVICE DOOR PAN HAS TWO GOUGE MARKS LOCATED ON BOTTOM CENTER BY TWO RIVNUTS, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE STRIPED THREADS. DRILLED AND PLUGGED HOLES PER
- [SDR MWEA020201](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020201), Mar 27, 2002: CLIP. CRACKED. FORWARD GALLEY SERVICE DOOR BEAM #1 ATTACH CLIP TO DOOR PAN IS CRACKED, LOCATED ON BOTTOM AFT END. -- INSTALLED NEW CLIP. REPLACED 2 SHORT FASTENERS.
- [SDR MWEA020200](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020200), Mar 27, 2002: VANE. DELAMINATED. TWO SPOTS OF DELAMINATION ON THE RIGHT WING, FIXED FLAP VANE (NR 2 FROM FUSELAGE) ON TOP AFT SIDE. APPLIED COLD BOND REPAIR.
- [SDR MWEA020199](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020199), Mar 27, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. RIGHT FLAP HAS A CRACK FROM A SCREW HOLE, 3RD FLAP TRAILING EDGE REMOVABLE SECTION OUT FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE CRACK IS ON THE TOP BACK SIDE. FABRICATED AND INST
- [SDR MWEA020198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020198), Mar 27, 2002: VANE. DELAMINATED. LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP, INBOARD FIXED VANE HAS A 2 INCH BY 2 INCH AREA OF DELAMINATION 12 INCH INBOARD OF OUTBOARD LOWER EDGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FILLER 
- [SDR MWEA020196](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020196), Mar 27, 2002: VANE. DELAMINATED. LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP, INBOARD FIXED VANE HAS A 2 INCH BY 2 INCH AREA OF DELAMINATION 4 INCHES INBOARD OF OUTBOARD UPPER EDGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CORE. FABR

All 118: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N806ME-2006-05-17/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 20041007025889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041007025889I), Oct 7, 2004: Doug DC981 (N806ME), New York, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On 10/07/2004, at 1530Z, 1130E local, at laguardia airport, flushing, NY. Midwest airlines (mwea), flt. #1, a/c N806ME, from mke to lga taxiing into gate…

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