# Incident 20010422012129I: Beech E33A, Joplin, MO, April 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2001, 14:05 local time
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Airport: Joplin Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N21HZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21HZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E33A (registry code 1151424, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010422012129I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 22, 2001, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BEECHCRAFT BE-33, N21HZ, AS PILOT IN COMMAND. AT 1400 CDT, HE DEPARTED JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT (JLN) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  AT 1405 CDT, WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF JOPLIN, HE REPORTED TO THE KANSAS CITY CENTER THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND REQUESTED DIRECT SPRINGFIELD.  THE KANSAS CITY CENTER CLEARED BEECH N21HZ DIRECT JOPLIN.  WHILE IN A TURN BACK TO JOPLIN, THERE WAS A LOSS OF SEPARATION BETWEEN N21HZ AND BEECHCRAFT BE-400, N703LP, AN IFR AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD DEPARTED JLN.  IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, ^PRIVACY DATA O^ REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WHEN HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO JOPLIN.  UPON LANDING AT JLN, HE TAXIED N21HZ TO MAINTENANCE FOR AN INSPECTION AND DEPARTED JLN FOR ST. LOUIS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  INCIDENT NUMBER CE2001IGA0038 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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