# N9401W: 1992 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83), registration cancelled 2025-12-09 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 9, 2025 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (registry code 3022083) - 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: 53137 - Year built: 1992 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: August 8, 1992 - Certificate issued: June 8, 2021 - Last registry action: May 19, 2023 - Mode S code: AD0FB8 - Owner when cancelled: [Frontera Flight Holdings Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FRONTERA%20FLIGHT%20HOLDINGS%20INC) - Location: [Dover, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Dover) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.1815° N, 75.4736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19901, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9401W - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9401W - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9401W-2025-12-09 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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-9-83(MD-83): https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83.md ## Service difficulty reports (142, newest 50) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR AALA20160425008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160425008), Apr 25, 2016: DUCT. CONTAMINATED. AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. DURING CLIMB, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS & CREW REPORTED A SWEET ODOR IN THE CABIN & COCKPIT. NO SMOKE OBSERVED. ACCOMPLISHED CABIN ODOR TROUBLESHOOT - [SDR AALA20160330010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160330010), Mar 23, 2016: SHUTOFF VALVE. FAULTY. AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. AIR INTERRUPT, EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT WAS OVERWEIGHT. DURING FLIGHT, CABIN CREW REPORTED SEEING SMOKE & VAPOR FROM THE AIR - [SDR AALA20160324003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160324003), Mar 23, 2016: SHUTOFF VALVE. FAULTY. AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED, AIR INTERRUPT, EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT WAS OVERWEIGHT. DURING FLIGHT, CABIN CREW REPORTED SEEING SMOKE & VAPOR FROM THE AIR - [SDR AALA20160113005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160113005), Jan 13, 2016: SPAR CAP. CRACKED. AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MX. VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT RT SPAR CAP SHOWS CRACK INDICATION AT 7TH HOLE FROM BOTTOM. REPAIRED SPAR CAP IAW EA 257404. - [SDR AALA20160111006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20160111006), Jan 11, 2016: FRAME. CRACKED. AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MX. FUSELAGE FRAME AT STATION 1510 IS CRACKED AT FIRST ALIGNMENT PIN HOLE, ABOVE THE LOWER LT LATCH. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLE REPAIR IAW SRM 53- - [SDR AALA20151110012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20151110012), Nov 10, 2015: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. AIR INTERRUPT, EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. NR 2 ENG EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS IN FLIGHT. POWER REDUCED TO IDLE FOR DESCENT & LA - [SDR AALA20151021017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20151021017), Oct 21, 2015: BLEED VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. RETURNED, ACCOUNT LT ENG COMPRESSOR STALL ON CLIMB OUT. EMER LANDING WAS DECLARED, UNEVENTFUL LANDING. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED LT ENG PRBC IAW MM 75 - [SDR AALA20150525006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20150525006), May 25, 2015: SKIN. WORN. RIGHT OTBD FLAP, 2ND FROM OTBD WEDGE UPPER SKIN WORN. R & R SKIN ASSEMBLY IAW ESO 80096 REPAIR GENERAL 2 D 1 PAGE 601. - [SDR AALA20150525005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20150525005), May 25, 2015: SKIN. WORN. RIGHT OTBD FLAP, 2ND FROM OTBD WEDGE LOWER SKIN WORN. R & R SKIN ASSEMBLY IAW ESO 80096 REPAIR GENERAL 2 D 1 PAGE 601. - [SDR AALA20150318016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20150318016), Mar 8, 2015: TRANSMITTER. FAULTY. AIR INTERRUPT, EMER WAS NOT DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT WAS NOT OVERWEIGHT. AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED ON APPROACH, RETURNED. R & R RT ENG PRESS RATIO TRANSMI - [SDR AALA20150309003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20150309003), Mar 8, 2015: TRANSMITTER. FAULTED. AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED ON APPROACH. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ENGINE PRESSURE RATIO TRANSMITTER PER AMM 77-11- - [SDR AALA20141224001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20141224001), Dec 23, 2014: ACM. FAILED. WHILE AT FL 290, WITH ANTI-ICE ON & IAS 300, THE PRESSURIZATION FLOW LIGHT CAME ON. ACCOMPLISHED PROCEDURE ON QRH & WERE UNABLE TO STOP CABIN ALTITUDE FROM CLIM - [SDR AALA20140828004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140828004), Aug 28, 2014: PAN. CORRODED. FORWARD CARGO DOOR PAN HAS CORROSION. REPAIRED DOOR PAN IAW EA MD80-53-036324. - [SDR AALA20140827006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140827006), Aug 27, 2014: PORTABLE LIGHT. DEFECTIVE. PORTABLE EMER LIGHT CAME ON BUT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. R & R PORTABLE EMER LIGHT. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20140827002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140827002), Aug 27, 2014: SKIN. CRACKED. SKIN CRACKED AT LOWER FASTENER IN SHEAR TIE AT STATION 1380 & LONGERON 14 LT. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW AARD 53-30-00-02. - [SDR AALA20140826007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140826007), Aug 26, 2014: LONGERON. CRACKED. CRACK IN LONGERON 2 RT AT STATION 1418. SPLICED IN NEW LONGERON SECTION IAW SRM 53-02-00 FIGURE 18. - [SDR AALA20140731012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140731012), Jul 31, 2014: FORMER. CRACKED. RIGHT WING LE NR 4 SLAT TRACK INBD FORMER IS CRACKED. INSTALLED RT WING NR 4 INBD FORMER DOUBLER IAW WORK CARD 57-98-04. - [SDR AALA20140606026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140606026), Jun 6, 2014: RELAY. FAULTED. CREW REPORTED DURING CLIMB OUT STAB TRIM ELEC CONTROLS ON BOTH THE CAPTAIN & FIRST OFFICER`S YOKE INOPERATIVE. EMER DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT IN - [SDR AALA20140412012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140412012), Apr 12, 2014: NUT. LOOSE. CABIN CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT AT STATION 358 LT INOPERATIVE. FOUND GND TERMINAL LOOSE ON FRAME AT STATION 351 UNDER CEILING PANEL. TIGHTENED NUT, OPERATIONS CHE - [SDR AALA20140412011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140412011), Apr 12, 2014: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. CABIN AFT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20140412010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140412010), Apr 12, 2014: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. CABIN FWD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20140304014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140304014), Mar 3, 2014: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. LT NR 1 DOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERIES, OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20140304013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140304013), Mar 3, 2014: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT STATION 671 INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20140225014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20140225014), Feb 25, 2014: INDICATION SYS. FAULTY. RIC CREW REPORTED LOW FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION. EMERGENCY DECLARED LANDED RIC WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. PLACARDED FUEL TOTALIZER GROSS WE - [SDR AALA20130423002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130423002), Apr 22, 2013: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. MID GALLEY EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT NOT BLINKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT BATTERY. OPS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR AALA20130227015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130227015), Feb 27, 2013: TRACK. CORRODED. CORROSION ON TIE-DOWN TRACK LEFT SIDE STATION 408. INSTALLED DOUBLER ON LEFT TIE-DOWN TRACK PER AARD 53-20-00-13. - [SDR AALA20130227014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130227014), Feb 27, 2013: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. CRACK FOUND AT STATION 1418 BELOW LONGERON 2 RIGHT. INSTALLED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DOUBLERS PER SRM 53-04-00 FIGURE 40 SHEET 1. - [SDR AALA20130227013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130227013), Feb 27, 2013: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. CRACK AT STATION 1418 BELOW LONGERON 2 LEFT. INSTALLED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DOUBLERS PER SRM 53-04-00 FIGURE 40 SHEET 1. - [SDR AALA20130226016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130226016), Feb 26, 2013: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. AFT SERVICE DOOR JAM CUSP, CORROSION ON CUSP AT STATION 1155. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER BETWEEN STATIONS 1136 TO 1155 PER AARD 53-20-00-16. - [SDR AALA20130226014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130226014), Feb 26, 2013: CUSP WEB. CORRODED. CORROSION ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT CUSP FROM STATIONS 1174 TO 1180. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-20-00-16. - [SDR AALA20130225018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130225018), Feb 25, 2013: SEAT TRACK. DAMAGED. PLUG IS BROKEN IN SEAT TRACK NUMBER 4 AT STATION 743. INSTALLED NUMBER 4 SEAT TRACK REPAIR PLUG PER AARD 53-20-00-10. - [SDR AALA20130225016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130225016), Feb 25, 2013: BEAM. CORRODED. CORROSION ON CARGO DOOR BEAM BETWEEN STATIONS 636 TO 685. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-3. - [SDR AALA20130221009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130221009), Feb 21, 2013: GUSSET. CORRODED. CORROSION ON THE GUSSET AT STATION 1260, LONGERON 25 LEFT. INSTALLED GUSSET PER AARD 51-00-05-1. - [SDR AALA20130220021](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130220021), Feb 20, 2013: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO STATION 311 AT LONGERON 23 LEFT. INSTALLED INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-02 FIGURE 2. - [SDR AALA20130220020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130220020), Feb 20, 2013: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO STATION 316 AT LONGERON 24 LEFT. INSTALLED INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-02 FIGURE 2. - [SDR AALA20130220016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130220016), Feb 20, 2013: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO STATION 218 BELOW LONGERON 5 LEFT. INSTALLED INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-02 FIGURE 2. - [SDR AALA20130220014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130220014), Feb 20, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE SKIN HAS DENT WITH A GOUGE AT STATION 316 LONGERON 24 LEFT. INSTALLED INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-02. - [SDR AALA20130220013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130220013), Feb 20, 2013: SKIN. DAMAGED. DENT WITH PREVIOUSLY BLENDED AREA WITHIN 1 INCH OF STRUCTURE STATION 218 BELOW LONGERON 5 LEFT. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-02. - [SDR AALA20130218013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130218013), Feb 18, 2013: PAN. CRACKED. UPPER AFT CORNER OF WINDOW RING PAN BETWEEN STATIONS 1003 AND 1022, LEFT SIDE IS CRACKED. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-25. - [SDR AALA20130215005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130215005), Feb 15, 2013: PAN. CRACKED. CRACK ON WINDOW RING BELT, LOWER FORWARD CORNER, STATION 807. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER AARD 53-10-00-25. - [SDR AALA20130215004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20130215004), Feb 15, 2013: PAN. CRACKED. UPPER FORWARD CORNER OF WINDOW RING PAN BETWEEN STATIONS 946 AND 965 LEFT IS CRACKED. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE PER AARD 53-10-00-25. - [SDR AALA20120909002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120909002), Sep 9, 2012: CLAMP. BROKEN. HSV - CREW REPORTED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMBOUT. EMERGENCY DECLARED, FLIGHT RETURNED TO HSV AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. - [SDR AALA20120128TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20120128TUL03), Jan 28, 2012: SENSOR. FAULTY. BOI - INFLIGHT DFW-SEA. CREW REPORTED LEFT ENGINE OIL TEMP HIGH. PERFORMED IN FLIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN, (SINGLE ENGINE TIME 15 MIN). EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT DIV - [SDR AALA20111119DFW02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20111119DFW02), Nov 19, 2011: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. DFW - CREW REPORTED FUEL LOW LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON WITH 8,000 LBS. OF FUEL. PERFORMED QRH AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED THEN CAME BACK ON. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT LAND - [SDR AALA20111116TUL02](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20111116TUL02), Nov 16, 2011: FRAME. CRACKED. CANT FRAME 1510 IS CRACKED AT ALIGNMENT PIN ABOVE LOWER RIGHT TAIL CONE LATCH. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE ON 1510 CANT FRAME PER EA MD80-53-020295. - [SDR AALA20100621DFW04](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100621DFW04), Jun 21, 2010: LANDING GEAR. MALFUNCTIONED. DFW - CREW REPORTED ON DESCENT RECEIVED THREE GEARS IN THE RED INDICATION. CREW PROCEEDED WITH MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION AND UPON LANDING GEAR DOOR CONTACTED RUNWAY - [SDR AALA20100601TUL05](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100601TUL05), Jun 1, 2010: AUGMENT VALVE. FAILED. AMA - INFLIGHT COS-DFW. CREW REPORTED LEFT PNEUMATIC SYSTEM PRESSURE RUNNING EXTREMELY HIGH AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. FLIGHT DIVERTED AMA LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. - [SDR AALA20100519TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100519TUL01), May 19, 2010: STRUCTURE. CRACKED. NOSE WHEEL WELL RIGHT AFT CORNER AFT HINGE CUTOUT IS CRACKED. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-00-00. - [SDR AALA20100518TUL03](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100518TUL03), May 18, 2010: SKIN. DAMAGED. LEFT HIGH LIFT OUTBOARD NUMBER 4 SLAT DAMAGED UNDER GAP SEAL AT CENTER TRACK. CUT OUT DAMAGED SKIN, MANUFACTURED AND INSTALLED FLUSH PATCH PER SRM 57-09-00. - [SDR AALA20100518TUL01](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20100518TUL01), May 18, 2010: LONGERON. CRACKED. LONGERON 2 LEFT CRACKED AFT OF STATION 1418. ACCOMPLISHED SPLICE REPAIR PER AARD 53-30-00-2. All 142: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9401W-2025-12-09/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 20030306007919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030306007919I), Mar 6, 2003: Doug DC983 (N9401W), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On March 6, 2003, at 1815 EST, a Douglas DC-9-83 (MD83), N9401W, flight 3011, operated by American airlines, on a flight from windsor locks (bdl),… - [Incident 19960302007789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960302007789I), Mar 2, 1996: Doug DC983 (N9401W), Lincoln, NE. Narrative: on March 2, 1996, N9401W, an MD-83, was operated by trans world airlines, inc., as flight 235 from st. louis, Missouri, to reno, Nevada. Enroute,… --- 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.