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An md-11 crew shut down engine in flight because of loss of oil after a fuel/oil cooler ruptured followed by fuel dump and returned to the departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1310255 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Oil Cooler |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 9600 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Zero oil quantity indicated on engine number 2 on climb out. Indication was steady; and temperature was climbing and pressure was falling. Captain retarded throttle to see if indications would change and they did not. Performed engine oil quality low or decreasing non alert checklist. It directs you to the engine shutdown checklist. We completed that procedure. We dumped approximately 70;000 pounds of fuel in that same general area at 17;000. Returned to [departure airport] uneventfully. It was later told to us by maintenance that the fuel/oil heat exchanger had ruptured; sending fuel into the oil case in the engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An MD-11 crew shut down engine in flight because of loss of oil after a fuel/oil cooler ruptured followed by fuel dump and returned to the departure airport.
Narrative: Zero oil quantity indicated on engine Number 2 on climb out. Indication was steady; and temperature was climbing and pressure was falling. Captain retarded throttle to see if indications would change and they did not. Performed engine oil quality low or decreasing non alert checklist. It directs you to the engine shutdown checklist. We completed that procedure. We dumped approximately 70;000 LBS of fuel in that same general area at 17;000. Returned to [departure airport] uneventfully. It was later told to us by maintenance that the fuel/oil heat exchanger had ruptured; sending fuel into the oil case in the engine.
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.