Medium large transport has oil warning light activate. Shut down engine at cruise.

Attributes
ACN	248940
Time
Date	199308
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 161 flight time total : 21196 flight time type : 14696
ASRS Report	248940
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : insufficient time none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Flight dtw-atl at FL330 (cruise altitude). Right engine oil strainer clogging light came on. Company procedure is to reduce power till light goes out. A total of 3 reductions were made until decision was made to shut down the right engine. At this point in time, flight was about 80 mi north of atl airport. All company procedures and checklists were used. An emergency was not declared but a request for emergency vehicles to stand by was made. ATC personnel were very helpful and professional. They (ATC) did everything possible to expedite our arrival in an orderly fashion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG HAS OIL WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATE. SHUT DOWN ENG AT CRUISE.

Narrative: FLT DTW-ATL AT FL330 (CRUISE ALT). R ENG OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT CAME ON. COMPANY PROC IS TO REDUCE PWR TILL LIGHT GOES OUT. A TOTAL OF 3 REDUCTIONS WERE MADE UNTIL DECISION WAS MADE TO SHUT DOWN THE R ENG. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, FLT WAS ABOUT 80 MI N OF ATL ARPT. ALL COMPANY PROCS AND CHKLISTS WERE USED. AN EMER WAS NOT DECLARED BUT A REQUEST FOR EMER VEHICLES TO STAND BY WAS MADE. ATC PERSONNEL WERE VERY HELPFUL AND PROFESSIONAL. THEY (ATC) DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO EXPEDITE OUR ARR IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

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.