# Incident 20000815025009I: Dorner DO328300, Joplin, MO, August 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2000, 07:15 local time
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Airport: Joplin Municipal
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OZIA
- Location: 37.1532° N, 94.4988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOPLIN RGNL (JLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1532&lon=-94.4988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410Z-2007-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier 328-300 (registry code 2990220, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-328-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW300 series (registry code 52128, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- Reported engine: PWA PW305
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000815025009I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)ON 8-15-2000, OZARK AIR LINES FLIGHT 250 WAS PREPARING TO DEPART JOPLIN, MISSOURI FOR DALLAS, TEXAS. THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO THE LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT START.  MAINTENANCE WAS SENT TO JOPLIN WITH A HYDRO-MECHANICAL UNIT (HMU IE: FUEL CONTROL), AND PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE PART.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FERRIED BACK TO OZARK'S MAINTENANCE BASE FOR FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING.  THROUGH EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL FROM OZARK AIR LINES' FUEL FACILITY WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS BEING DONE TO ISOLATE AND IDENTIFY THE CONTAMINATION.  TEAR DOWN REPORTS FROM THE HMU MAUFACTURER LUCAS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.  FUEL SAMPLES ARE BEING ANALYZED BY PRATT & WHITNEY, LUCAS, VALLEY OIL, AND THE MISSOURI DEPART OF AGRICULTURE.  THESE REPORTS  AS WITH  THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE RECORDED ON PTRS REF #CE052000B1176.  THIS INCIDENT #CE2000IAC076 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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