N9344

Douglas DC-9-31 · built 1969

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on July 5, 1930.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 1995 to October 2005 — 16,401 flights. Last reported flight: October 7, 2005, Northwest Airlines, MSP → DFW.

Not reported in scheduled US service since October 2005 (data through July 2026).

CarrierFirstLastFlights
Northwest Airlines NWJanuary 1995October 200516,401

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2006 to 2011, most recently reported as owned.

CarrierFirst filedLast filed
Delta Air Lines DL20102011
Northwest Airlines NW20062009

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

  • December 19, 1982Accident

    BEFORE DEPARTING TRAVERSE CITY THE CAPTAIN WAS INFORMED THAT EMMET CITY ARPT WAS SANDED AT ABOUT 1736 AND THAT ICY RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE TURNING TO SLUSH. HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT RWY 32 WOULD BE SANDED AGAIN PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED, WITH A JAMES BRAKE DECELEROMETER READING OF POOR DETERMINED.

    Beech Baron