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Attributes | |
ACN | 223927 |
Time | |
Date | 199210 |
Day | Fri |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | atc facility : mem |
State Reference | TN |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | Mixed |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
Flight Phase | descent other |
Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star enroute airway : mem |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 159 flight time total : 8712 flight time type : 1209 |
ASRS Report | 223927 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On letdown into memphis, the right engine oil quantity began dropping to 0. When quantity was at 0, the right oil pressure began to fluctuate then fall towards 0. The engine was shutdown. An emergency was declared. The approach, landing, and taxi in were uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN AFTER LOSS OF ENG OIL AND PRESSURE.
Narrative: ON LETDOWN INTO MEMPHIS, THE R ENG OIL QUANTITY BEGAN DROPPING TO 0. WHEN QUANTITY WAS AT 0, THE R OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE THEN FALL TOWARDS 0. THE ENG WAS SHUTDOWN. AN EMER WAS DECLARED. THE APCH, LNDG, AND TAXI IN WERE UNEVENTFUL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.