# Incident 20000815025039I: Dorner DO328300, Chicago, IL, August 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2000, 18:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OZIA
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N430Z-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: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000815025039I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 8-15-00, OZARK AIR LINES 733 WAS PREPARING TO DEPART CHICAGO MIDWAY FOR COLUMBIA MISSOURI. THE FLIGHT WAS CONCELLED DUE TO THE ENGINES WOULD NOT START.  THE CREW MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND MANAGED TO GET THE ENGINES STARTED.  A FERRY FLIGHT WAS MADE TO OZARK'S MAINTENANCE BASE IN COLUMBIA.  MAINTENANCE PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE HYRDO-MECHANICAL UNIT (HMU IE: FUEL CONTROL), ON BOTH ENGINES.  THROUGH EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL FROM OZARK AIRLINES'S 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 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.  THESE REPORTS AS WITH THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE RECORDED ON PTRS REF #CE052000B1175.  INCIDENT CE052000IAC077 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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