# N814ME: 1981 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81), registration cancelled 2013-08-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 13, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- 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-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: 48010
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 4, 2000
- Last registry action: May 16, 2013
- Mode S code: AB1950
- Location: [Miami Lakes, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami%20Lakes)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 25.9046° N, 80.3021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33014, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814ME
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=814ME
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814ME-2013-08-13

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-9-81(MD-81): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-81-md-81.md

## Service difficulty reports (169, newest 50)

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

- [SDR MWE2008F00024](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWE2008F00024), Jul 24, 2008: CSD. OVERSERVICED. RT CSD OUTLET TEMPERATURE WAS IN YELLOW ARC AND RISING. FOUND RT CSD WAS OVERSERVICED, DRAINED CSD TO PROPER LEVEL. (K)
- [SDR MWEA080077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA080077), May 21, 2008: INVERTER. INOPERATIVE. WHEN EMERGENCY POWER SWITCH TURNED ON, CAPTAIN'S PFD AND ND WENT BLANK AND REMAINED BLANK. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 EFIS SYMBOL GENERATOR NO FIX. REMOVED AND R
- [SDR MWEA080059](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA080059), Apr 22, 2008: COALESCER BAG. DIRTY. CABIN CREW AND PASSENGERS REPORTED A BURNING SMELL, THEN DISSIPATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER BAGS.
- [SDR MWEA080057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA080057), Apr 21, 2008: LIGHT. BURNED OUT. PASSENGER AT RIGHT EXIT ROW CLAIMED HE SAW A PUFF OF SMOKE AND SMELLED A SULFUR ODOR, ODOR DISSIPATED NOTHING ELSE ABNORMAL. FOUND READING LIGHT AT 19F BURNED O
- [SDR MWEA080056](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA080056), Apr 18, 2008: SKIN. DAMAGED. NOSE SECTION LEFT SIDE STATION 8 APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES BELOW SKIN JOINT. SKIN HAS IMPACT DAMAGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA080032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA080032), Feb 15, 2008: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. UPPER EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT AFT GALLEY. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY.
- [SDR MWEA070290](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070290), Nov 7, 2007: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON REAR OVERHEAD PANEL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WITH SWITCH ON. REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
- [SDR MWEA070240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070240), Oct 5, 2007: SKIN. PEELING. FUSELAGE AT STATION 37 RADOME HINGE AREA SKIN PEELED UP AT RADOME HINGE POINT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA070239](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070239), Oct 5, 2007: ACCESS PANEL. CORRODED. VERTICAL STABILIZER DORSAL FIN ACCESS PANEL LEADING EGDE OPENING HAS FRETTING CORROSION AT STATION 1437, STRINGER 1. REMOVED CORROSION. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT
- [SDR MWEA070238](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070238), Oct 5, 2007: RADOME. CRACKED. CRACK FOUND AT LEFT RADOME HINGE FASTENER. CUT OUT DAMAGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA070237](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070237), Oct 5, 2007: WEB. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO DOOR LOWER CUTOUT BETWEEN FUSELAGE STATION 370 & 389 FLOOR WEB HAS SURFACE CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION AND REMOVED AND INSTALLED WEB.
- [SDR MWEA070236](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070236), Oct 5, 2007: SKIN. CORRODED. MID CARGO DOOR LOWER CUTOUT, BETWEEN FUSELAGE STATION 636 & 693 HAS SEVERAL SMALL SPOTS OF CORROSION. REMOVED DAMAGE, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA070235](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070235), Oct 5, 2007: FRAME. CHAFED. AFT FUSELAGE CANTED FRAME STATION 1497 IS CHAFED AT LOWER RIGHT SIDE. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA070233](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070233), Oct 2, 2007: WEB. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO DOOR LOWER CUTOUT BETWEEN FUSELAGE STATION 408 AND 427 FLOOR WEB HAS SURFACE CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION AND REMOVED AND REPLACED WEB.
- [SDR MWEA070232](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070232), Oct 2, 2007: FRAME. CHAFED. LEFT PNEUMATIC DUCT VALVE CHAFING AGAINST WEB AT FRAME STATION 1382 BELOW STRINGER 4 LEFT. REMOVED DAMAGED WEB DOUBLER, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA070231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070231), Oct 1, 2007: ANGLE. CRACKED. AFT CARGO DOOR LOWER INNER ANGLE AFT OF FORWARD STOP FITTING APPEARS TO HAVE A CRACK EXTENDING PAST STOP DRILL HOLE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA070228](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070228), Sep 27, 2007: PAN. CRACKED. MID CARGO OUTER PAN IS CRACKED AT STOP BEAM NR 1 FORWARD END UNDER RADIUS BLOCK. REMOVED AND REPLACED PAN.
- [SDR MWEA070139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070139), Jun 7, 2007: ENGINE. FAILED. LEFT ENGINE FAILED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ENGINE.
- [SDR MWEA070080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070080), Apr 7, 2007: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT IN AFT ACCESSORY ABOVE TAIL CONE RELEASE HANDLE. REPLACED BATTERIES IN EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK.
- [SDR MWEA060241](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060241), Oct 14, 2006: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH ON OVERHEAD PANEL IS MOVED FROM THE ARM POSITION TO THE ON POSITION THE LIGHTS ON AFT OF THE OVERHEAD PANEL DO NOT ILLUMINATE. REMOVED AN
- [SDR MWEA060215](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060215), Sep 25, 2006: ATTACH FITTING. CORRODED. AFT CARGO DOOR JAM, AFT OF LOWER CORNER WEB CLIP HAS CORROSION AT Y=1212 Z=49" X=22". FABRICATED AND INSTALLED AFT LOWER CLIP.
- [SDR MWEA060214](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060214), Sep 25, 2006: STRINGER SPLICE. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO BAY HAS CORROSION IN LONGERON 30 AT Y=21 8 = 12" X=0" Z=48. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED LONGERON BUTT SPLICE.
- [SDR MWEA060210](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060210), Sep 19, 2006: SKIN. DELAMINATED. NR 2 ENGINE INLET COWL AFT CENTER EXHAUST HAS SKIN DELAMINATED AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION AREA.
- [SDR MWEA060209](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060209), Sep 19, 2006: NOSE COWL. DEBONDED. DISBOND FOUND ON RIGHT ENGINE INNER NOSE COWL AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION 19" AFT OF FORWARD EDGE.
- [SDR MWEA060208](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060208), Sep 19, 2006: NOSE COWL. DEBONDED. DEBONDED AREA FOUND ON RT ENGINE INNER NOSE COWL AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION 11.5 AFT OF FORWARD EDGE.
- [SDR MWEA060207](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060207), Sep 19, 2006: NOSE COWL. DEBONDED. DISBOND FOUND ON RIGHT END INNER NOSE COWL AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION 28.5" AFT OF FORWARD EDGE.
- [SDR MWEA060206](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060206), Sep 19, 2006: STRUCTURE. CORRODED. FOUND FORWARD PIT LOWER DOOR CUTOUT LOWER THRESHOLD SUBFRAME HAS CORROSION AROUND RIVET AT Y377 TO Y421.
- [SDR MWEA060204](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060204), Sep 18, 2006: BULKHEAD. GOUGED. FORWARD CARGO BAY, FORWARD BULKHEAD HAS A GOUGE AT Y=218-X=8" Z=31". FABRICATED AND INSTALLED BULKHEAD
- [SDR MWEA060203](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060203), Sep 18, 2006: DOUBLER. CHAFED. VERTICAL STABILIZER LEFT SIDE IS CHAFED JUST ABOVE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA060205](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060205), Sep 18, 2006: BULKHEAD. PUNCTURED. FOUND FORWARD CARGO BAY, FORWARD BULKHEAD HAS A PUNCTURE AT Y=218+X=28" Z=31". FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA070018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA070018), May 29, 2006: WIRE. BROKEN. EMERGENCY FLOOR TRACK LIGHT INOPERTIVE. FOUND WIRE BROKEN, SPLICED WIRES TO LIGHT.
- [SDR MWEA060054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060054), May 27, 2006: WIRE. BROKEN. A PORTION OF THE EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTING UNATTACHED. FOUND WIRES BROKEN, SPLICED WIRES TO LIGHT.
- [SDR MWEA060047](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060047), May 7, 2006: SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. ALL PRIMARY TRIM SWITCHES BECAME INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED PRIMARY TRIM ACTUATOR SWITCH ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR MWEA060038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060038), Mar 29, 2006: RELAY. INOPERATIVE. DC BUSS OFF ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED RELAY.
- [SDR MWEA060025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA060025), Mar 6, 2006: CONTROLLER. INOPERATIVE. UNABLE TO CONTROL CABIN PRESSURE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER.
- [SDR MWEA050082](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050082), Aug 15, 2005: SUPPORT ANGLE. CORRODED. LEFT ENGINE INLET INTERIOR, THREE SUPPORT ANGLES BROKEN ON AFT SIDE OF FORWARD CIRCULAR WEB, LOCATED AT 5,7 AT THE EIGHT O'CLOCK POSITION. FABRICATED AND INSTAL
- [SDR MWEA050081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050081), Aug 15, 2005: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. MAIN CABIN, FRAME FLOOR SUPPORT BETWEEN INBOARD AND OUTBOARD, SEAT TRACK AT STATION 1155 CORRODED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FLOOR.
- [SDR MWEA050080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050080), Aug 15, 2005: ATTACH ANGLE. CORRODED. MAIN CABIN, LEFT INBOARD SEAT TRACK ATTACH ANGLE AT STATION 1174 BROKEN AND CORRODED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLIP.
- [SDR MWEA050079](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050079), Aug 15, 2005: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. LEFT SIDE SEAT TRACK INBOARD SIDE BETWEEN STATION 1126 AND 1260 REQUIRES SPLICING DUE TO OUT OF LIMITS MATERIAL REMAINING AFTER CORROSION REMOVAL. FABRICATED AN
- [SDR MWEA050078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050078), Aug 15, 2005: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. MAIN CABIN, LEFT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK STATION 1105 TO 1117 IS CORRODED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SEAT TRACK.
- [SDR MWEA050075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050075), Aug 12, 2005: SUPPORT. CHAFED. NOSE WHEEL WELL OVER CENTER LINK BOLT COTTER PIN IS CHAFING, LEFT BUNGEE SUPPORT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED WEB REPAIR DOUBLER.
- [SDR MWEA050077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050077), Aug 12, 2005: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. MAIN CABIN LEFT OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK FLANGES AROUND NUT PLATE HOLES, STATION 1250 TO 1309 IS CORRODED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SPLICE.
- [SDR MWEA050076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050076), Aug 12, 2005: FILLER. CORRODED. AFT PIT LOWER DOOR JAMB HAS CORROSION ON FORWARD FACE OF SILL AND AROUND SCREW. FABRICATED AND AND INSTALLED FILLER.
- [SDR MWEA050072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050072), Jul 26, 2005: SUPPORT ANGLE. CRACKED. RIGHT ENGINE NOSE COWL SUPPORT ANGLE CRACKED, FORWARD OF CIRCULAR WEB. -- FABRICATED AND INSTALLED CUP AND INSTALLED NEW CLIP.
- [SDR MWEA050061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050061), Jun 29, 2005: B-NUT. LEAKING. TAIL CONE COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT CAME ON. FOUND AUGMENTATION VALVE SENSOR LINE LEAKING, TIGHTENED B-NUT. LEAK CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR MWEA050062](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050062), Jun 28, 2005: AUGMENT VALVE. OVERTEMP. TAIL CONE TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON. RETORQUED LEFT AUGMETATION VALVE AND PRESSURE REGULATOR, TIGHTENED V-BAND ON LEFT AUGMENTATION VALVE.
- [SDR MWEA050054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050054), Jun 18, 2005: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. RIGHT COCKPIT FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES ARE INOPERATIVE. INSTALLED NEW BATTERIES.
- [SDR MWEA050017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA050017), Jan 23, 2005: SLIDE. HUNG UP. GIRT BAR FLAP HANGING UP AT FORWARD GALLEY SERVICE DOOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD SERVICE DOOR EVACUATION ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR MWEA040210](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040210), Nov 11, 2004: WIRE. BROKEN. FLOOR TRACK WIRING IS BROKEN & STICKING OUT OF FLOOR COVER. REPAIRED WIRE.
- [SDR MWEA040179](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA040179), Sep 28, 2004: DOOR. NOT CLOSED. A NOISE FROM NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA. FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR OPEN, CLOSED AND LUBRICATED DOOR.

All 169: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814ME-2013-08-13/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 DEN03LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA142), Aug 7, 2003: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (N814ME), Greeley, CO, no damage. Probable cause: the inflight encounter with severe turbulence.

## 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.

- [Accident 20030807019999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030807019999A), Aug 7, 2003: Doug DC981 (N814ME), Cheyenne, WY. (-23) Captain is a check airman and was conducting initial operating experience with captain wulff (who is transitioning from the DC-9 to MD-80). As the flight…
- [Incident 20020226009049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020226009049I), Feb 26, 2002: Doug DC981 (N814ME), Kansas City, MO, No damage. (-23) On February 26, 2002, midwest express airlines, N814ME, flt 50 reported to ATC it had a gear problem on takeoff from mci. A/c did not declare an…

## Other aircraft with N814ME

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814ME): J Charles T Lightner 300LS, S/N 2002

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