# Incident 20000915029219I: Boeing 737322, Des Moines, IA, September 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2000, 11:45 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N304UA-2013-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 106
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000915029219I

## Narrative

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

(-23)UALA FLIGHT 269 EXPERIENCED A FLAME OUT OF THE LEFT ENGINE CRUISE FLIGHT. THE CREW DIVERTED INTO THE DES MINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE CREW WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE BEFORE LANDING.  THEY OPERATED THE ENGINE AT REDUCED POWER.  AFTER LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, THE CREW TAXIED THE AICRAFT TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.  AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE CAUSE OF THE FLAME OUT IS NOT KNOWN.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED.  INCIDENT #ICE0120000036.

## Other reports on N304UA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951209045059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951209045059I), Dec 9, 1995: Boeing 737322 (N304UA), Windsor Locks, CT, Minor damage. Narrative: at 16:45 pm Saturday 9 dec 95. United flight 1684 hit an eight foot high snow bank while taxiing on taxiway "sierra". The number two engine ingested…

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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