When oil quantity and pressure on the left engine failed the flight crew of an emb-145 shut down the...

Narrative:

As we were leveling off around FL200 we noticed the oil pressure on the left engine had dropped into the amber range. We monitored the situation and noticed the oil pressure steadily dropping as well as oil quantity decreasing. We got the master warning; 'engine 1 low pressure;' and ran the appropriate QRH. That checklist led us to the engine failure/precautionary engine shutdown QRH. Since the situation was not resolved by the eng 1 low pressure checklist and engine damage was imminent (since we had lost almost all of the oil in engine 1) we proceeded with the precautionary engine shutdown. We knew we were right over another airport and determined it to be suitable. We notified ATC; dispatch and our flight attendant and executed a single engine landing at the airport. We took off with 11 quarts of oil and landed with 2 quarts.I think we did a good job managing this event. We used the QRH and our best judgment to bring the flight to a successful conclusion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When oil quantity and pressure on the left engine failed the flight crew of an EMB-145 shut down the engine; declared an emergency; and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.

Narrative: As we were leveling off around FL200 we noticed the oil pressure on the left engine had dropped into the amber range. We monitored the situation and noticed the oil pressure steadily dropping as well as oil quantity decreasing. We got the Master Warning; 'ENG 1 Low Pressure;' and ran the appropriate QRH. That checklist led us to the Engine Failure/Precautionary Engine Shutdown QRH. Since the situation was not resolved by the Eng 1 Low Pressure checklist and engine damage was imminent (since we had lost almost all of the oil in Engine 1) we proceeded with the precautionary engine shutdown. We knew we were right over another airport and determined it to be suitable. We notified ATC; Dispatch and our Flight Attendant and executed a single engine landing at the airport. We took off with 11 quarts of oil and landed with 2 quarts.I think we did a good job managing this event. We used the QRH and our best judgment to bring the flight to a successful conclusion.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1199398
Time
Date	201408
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Lubrication System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

When oil quantity and pressure on the left engine failed the flight crew of an emb-145 shut down the engine; declared an emergency; and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.