# N900ME: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15, registration cancelled 2002-12-17 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 17, 2002 - Exported to: Colombia - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-15) (registry code 302203H) - Data sheets: [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 45841 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: August 20, 1966 - Certificate issued: February 1, 1988 - Last registry action: August 14, 2001 - Mode S code: AC7044 - Owner when cancelled: [Midwest Express Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MIDWEST%20EXPRESS%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/N900ME - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=900ME - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900ME-2002-12-17 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-9-15: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-15.md ## Service difficulty reports (313, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR MWEA02574](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA02574), Sep 20, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. INTERCOSTAL AT FRAME STATION 340 BETWEEN LONGERON 28 AND 29 DAMAGED. REMOVED INTERCOSTAL, FIT AND DRILLED UP AND INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA020573](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020573), Sep 20, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. GOUGED. AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT INTERCOSTAL AT LONGERON 29 RIGHT HAS GOUGES ALONG AFT END AT STATION 785. REMOVED INTERCOSTAL, DRILLED UP AND INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA020571](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020571), Sep 20, 2002: RIB. TORN. AFT END OF XCW 42 RIBS IS TORN ABOUT MIDWAY UPPER WEB. FABRICATED FILLER AND REPAIRED DOUBLER, LOCATED AND DRILLED FILLER AND DOUBLER, INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUB - [SDR MWEA020570](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020570), Sep 20, 2002: HINGE. WORN. LT MLG OUTBOARD FLYING DOOR. THE ARTICULATING DOOR HINGE HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT VERTICALLY. REMOVED, LOCATED AND DRILLED WORN HINGE SECTION AND INSTALLED - [SDR MWEA020568](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020568), Sep 17, 2002: SPLICE. DAMAGED. FASTENER HOLES DAMAGED IN CENTER TANK ON STRINGER 17 AFT SPLICE PLATE APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH LEFT OF STATION 0 BULKHEAD. SPOTFACED HOLE TO REMOVE DAMAGE, FABRICAT - [SDR MWEA020567](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020567), Sep 17, 2002: FRAME. CRACKED. FASTENER HOLES AT FRAME STATION 785 AND LONGERON 22 LEFT IS CRACKED. FABRICATED, LOCATED AND DRILLED AND INSTALLED FRAME SPLICE. REMOVED AND INSTALLED SHEAR TIE - [SDR MWEA020566](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020566), Sep 17, 2002: LONGERON. DAMAGED. AFT CARGO LONGERON 29 RIGHT HAS ELONGATED HOLES TWO EACH STATION 785 FRAME LOCATION. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SECTION OF LONGERON. REMOVED AND INSTALLED SHOVEL - [SDR MWEA020562](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020562), Sep 13, 2002: FITTING. CORRODED. RIGHT WING XCW 58 LOWER WING TEE REQUIRES REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT DUE TO CORROSION REMOVAL. REMOVED WING TEE, RECEIVED NEW WING TEE, LOCATED AND DRILLED AND INSTA - [SDR MWEA020561](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020561), Sep 13, 2002: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT FLOOR SUPPORT AT STATION 218 HAS SEVERAL AREAS LIGHT CORROSION LONGERON 30 TO 28 RIGHT DOT 469. HEAT TREATED 2 DOUBLERS, LOCATED AND D - [SDR MWEA020556](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020556), Sep 13, 2002: SHEAR TIE. DAMAGED. REMOVED SHEAR TIE AT STATION 785 FROM LONGERON 21 LEFT TO 27 LEFT TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE. SHEAR TIE HAS SEVERAL ELONGATED HOLES, LOCATED AND DRILLED AND INST - [SDR MWEA020560](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020560), Sep 13, 2002: DOOR FRAME. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT LOWER DOOR JAMB HAS SEVERAL AREAS OF MODERATE CORROSION STATION 312 TO 370. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION FIT, DRILLED SECTION AND INSTALLED - [SDR MWEA020558](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020558), Sep 13, 2002: ATTACH ANGLE. DAMAGED. STATION 930 AT THE LEFT DORSAL FIN ATTACH ANGLE HAS TWO FASTENERS PULLING THROUGH. REMOVED 2 HI-LOKS, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SLEEVE BUSHINGS. - [SDR MWEA020557](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020557), Sep 13, 2002: ATTACH ANGLE. DAMAGED. STATION 930 FRAME AT THE RIGHT DORSAL FIN ATTACH ANGLE HAS A FASTENER PULLING THROUGH. REMOVED 2 HI-LOKS FROM RIGHT SIDE, REAMED 2 HOLES, FABRICATED AND INSTALL - [SDR MWEA020555](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020555), Sep 13, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. REMOVED INTERCOSTAL FROM STATION 785 TO 800 AT LONGERON 29 RIGHT TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE. FOUND ELONGATED HOLES. LOCATED AND DRILLED INTERCOSTAL, INSTALLED IN - [SDR MWEA020554](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020554), Sep 13, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. AT STATION 766 LONGERON 29 RIGHT INTERCOSTAL FORWARD ATTACH CLIP HAS ELONGATED HOLE. REMOVED ATTACH CLIP, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED CLIP. - [SDR MWEA020553](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020553), Sep 13, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. INTERCOSTAL AT FRAME STATION 332 BETWEEN LONGERON 28 AND 29 DAMAGED. REMOVED INTERCOSTAL, FABRICATED FIT AND DRILLED CLIPS AND INTERCOSTAL, INSTALLED INTERCOSTA - [SDR MWEA020550](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020550), Sep 13, 2002: CLIP. CRACKED. CENTER TANK FORWARD SPAR ACCESS WEB 8 EACH INSULATION ATTACH CLIPS REQUIRE REMOVAL TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE. REMOVED AND INSPECTED CLIPS, FABRICATED AND - [SDR MWEA020549](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020549), Sep 12, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. INTERCOSTAL AT FRAME STATION BETWEEN LONGERON 28 AND 29 DAMAGED. FIT AND DRILLED INTERCOSTAL REMOVED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA020548](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020548), Sep 12, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. INTERCOSTAL AT FRAME STATION 360 BETWEEN LONGERON 29 DAMAGED. FIT AND DRILLED INTERCOSTAL REMOVED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA020547](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020547), Sep 12, 2002: SHEAR TIE. DAMAGED. AT FRAME STATION 786 FRAME TO SKIN SHEAR TIE HAS NUMEROUS ELONGATED HOLES FROM LONGERON 30 TO 27 LEFT. LOCATED AND DRILLED SHEAR TIE, REMOVED AND INSTALLED SHEA - [SDR MWEA020546](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020546), Sep 12, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. INTERCOSTAL AT FRAME STATION 320 BETWEEN LONGERON 28 AND LONGERON 29 DAMAGED. FIT AND DRILLED INTERCOSTAL, REMOVED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA020545](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020545), Sep 12, 2002: SKIN. CRACKED. NOSE SKIN HAS 4 POSSIBLE CRACKS AT STATION 76.6, 18 INCHES LEFT OF CENTER AREA NEEDS TO BE STRIPPED AND VERIFIED. VERIFIED CRACKS LOCATED AND DRILLED PILOT HOLE - [SDR MWEA020542](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020542), Sep 12, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. DAMAGED. INTERCOSTAL AT LONGERON 29 BETWEEN FRAME STATION 313 AND 370 HAS A LARGE HOLE ON UPPER AFT END. REMOVED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA020516](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020516), Aug 27, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT HAS LIGHT CORROSION ON INTERCOSTAL AT STA 218-237 BETWEEN LONGERON 28R-27R. DRILLED UP NEW INTERCOSTAL, REMOVED AND INSTALLED INTERCOS - [SDR MWEA020515](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020515), Aug 26, 2002: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. FORWARD CARGO DOOR HAS A CRACKED INTERCOSTAL OUTBOARD OF LOWER AFT STOP FITTINGS BELOW BEAM 1. LOCATED AND DRILLED INTERCOSTAL. REMOVED AND INSTALLED INTERCOSTA - [SDR MWEA020441](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020441), Jun 29, 2002: CONNECTOR. FAULTY. LEFT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE IS PEGGED. PRESSURE AND QUANTITY IS NORMAL PER QRH. ENGINE NOT SHUT DOWN WITHIN 15 MINUTE LIMIT WHEN AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MILWAUKEE. F - [SDR MWEA020129](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA020129), Feb 15, 2002: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. AT CRUISE ALT LEFT ENGINE MASTER CAUTION, LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LOW ANNUNCIATOR ON. LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE IS ZERO. LEFT OIL TEMP IS 20 DEGREES CELSIUS AND - [SDR MWEA011009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA011009), Jul 1, 2001: CONTROL CABLE. OUT OF RIG. UNABLE TO RAISE LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKE OFF UNABLE TO TURN NOSE WHEEL AND NO AUTO PRESSURIZATION INITIALLY BUT IT STARTED WORKING 15 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. RIGGED - [SDR MWEA010744](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010744), May 10, 2001: OIL CAP. UNSECURE. RIGHT ENGINE OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO 4.5 QUARTS ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. MAINTENANCE SERVICED ENGINE OIL AND RESECURED OIL CAP. - [SDR MWEA010665](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010665), Apr 30, 2001: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. INTERCOSTAL AT STATION 817 AND LONGERON 3 LEFT IS CRACKED ON LOWER FLANGE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR. - [SDR MWEA010658](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010658), Apr 27, 2001: FRAME. CHAFED. FRAME IS CHAFED ON FORWARD SIDE IN AFT ACCCESSORY AT STATION 860 BETWEEN LONGERONS LEFT 5 AND LEFT 6. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED FRAME REPAIR PARTS. - [SDR MWEA010657](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010657), Apr 27, 2001: PAN. CHAFED. FORWARD CARGO DOOR PAN, AFT SIDE MODERATELY CHAFED ON RADIUS, NEXT TO DOOR LATCH. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA010656](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA010656), Apr 26, 2001: BULKHEAD. CRACKED. LEFT SIDE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD SIDE STATION Z=34, 6 INCHES OUTBOARD OF DOOR CUTOUT FINGER DOUBLER IS CRACKED AROUND Z-RIVETS. ALSO AT STATION 40 FINGER DOUBLER - [SDR MWEA001214](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001214), Nov 25, 2000: HOUSING. CRACKED. PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE HOUSING CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED HOUSING. - [SDR MWEA001213](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA001213), Nov 25, 2000: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. PASSENGER DOOR INTERCOSTAL IS CRACKED IN THE FLANGE AT HANDLE ASSY. REMOVED AND REPLACED INTERCOSTAL. - [SDR MWEA00749](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00749), Aug 13, 2000: RECEIVER. INOPERATIVE. MKE - FLT 132 - THE NR 2 NAVIGATIONAL RECEIVER IS INOPERATIVE ON VOR FREQUENCIES. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 NAVIGATIONAL RECEIVER. (M) - [SDR MWEA00451](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00451), May 23, 2000: SKIN. PUNCTURED. FUSELAGE SKIN HAS PUNCTURE ON RIGHT SIDE, STATION 897. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA00443](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00443), May 23, 2000: FITTING. DAMAGED. AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT FITTINGS FOR AFT CARGO DOOR HAVE ELONGATED HOLES WHERE CARGO DOOR HINGE THRU-BOLT GOES. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED BUSHING PLATES. - [SDR MWEA00442](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00442), May 23, 2000: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON BOTTOM SIDE OF NR 4 SEAT TRACK AROUND FASTENER HOLES AT STATIONS 255 TO 264. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SEAT TRACK SPLICE. - [SDR MWEA00441](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00441), May 22, 2000: SKIN. CANNING. LEFT ELEVATOR TOP SKIN IS OIL CANNING AT STATION XHS 170. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SKIN. - [SDR MWEA00440](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00440), May 12, 2000: DOUBLER. MISINSTALLED. RIGHT INBOARD BUTE DOOR INBOARD RECEPTICAL BRACKET HAS NUT PLATES. INSTALLED WHERE CAMLOC RECEPTICALS SHOULD BE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SKIN DOUBLER, REPAIR A - [SDR MWEA00426](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00426), May 9, 2000: SEAT TRACK. DAMAGED. FIRST OFFICER I/B SEAT TRACK HOLES ELONGATED BEYOND .375 INCHES. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SEAT TRACK. - [SDR MWEA00425](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00425), May 9, 2000: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. LEFT ENGINE PYLON BOX AREA DIVIDER CRACKED THRU RIVET HOLES AFT OF THE AFT SPAR BOTTOM ATTACH AREA. STOP DRILLED CRACK. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES. - [SDR MWEA00424](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00424), May 9, 2000: NUT PLATE. CRACKED. RIGHT PYLON TRAILING EDGE ATTACH STRUCTURE IS CRACKED AT FORWARD INBOARD NUT PLATE ON TOP SIDE. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW ANGLE. - [SDR MWEA00423](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00423), May 9, 2000: FRAME. CHAFED. RIGHT PYLON HAS A CHAFED FRAME LOCATED AFT OF HYDRAULIC FLEX LINES. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA00422](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00422), May 9, 2000: FLOOR SUPPORT. CORRODED. CABIN SUBFLOOR HAS AREAS OF LIGHT CORROSION AND BARE METAL BETWEEN STATION 275 TO 294 ADJACENT TO LONGERON 181 RIGHT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS AND - [SDR MWEA00420](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00420), May 9, 2000: SKIN. DAMAGED. GALLEY SERVICE DOOR HAS AN EXTERNAL SKIN DING BETWEEN NUMBER 3 AND 4 BEAM, 3 INCHES INBOARD OF VERTICAL INTERCOSTAL. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. - [SDR MWEA00419](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00419), May 9, 2000: STRINGER. CORRODED. STRINGER 19 HAS CORROSION ON LOWER FORWARD FLANGE AT STATION 101. DRILLED AND INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION 19 AND SPLICES. - [SDR MWEA00418](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00418), May 9, 2000: BULKHEAD. DAMAGED. STATION 817 LOWER BULKHEAD WEB HAS SEVERAL TOOL MARKS ON THE FORWARD SIDE OUTBOARD OF LONGERON 27 RIGHT TO LONGERON 27 LEFT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLERS. - [SDR MWEA00417](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/MWEA00417), May 9, 2000: ANGLE. ELONGATED. ELONGATED HOLE ON AFT SPAR ATTACH ANGLE LEFT WING STATION XRS 161.7. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES. INSTALLED, FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER. All 313: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900ME-2002-12-17/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 19990604017659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990604017659I), Jun 4, 1999: Doug DC915 (N900ME), Omaha, NE. Investigation revealed the captain's front window cracked in flight and the aircraft diverted into Omaha. Company maintenance personnel found the outer… - [Incident 19910428019099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910428019099I), Apr 28, 1991: Doug DC915 (N900ME), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. Pilot allowed his left wing tip to strike the runway while landing at airport. ## Other aircraft with N900ME - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900ME): Socata TBM 700, S/N 1048, built 2014 --- 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.