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Flight crew of a B-727 air carrier aircraft shut down 1 of their 3 engines during descent for landing, due to low oil pressure and oil quantity, and declared an emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 260625 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199401 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tpe |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 14000 msl bound upper : 14000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : tpe |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 260625 |
| 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 other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
A B-727 #3 engine shut down due to rapid loss of engine oil pressure and loss of quantity. Emergency declared, uneventful approach and landing per SOP, although company dispatch not notified until after landing due to timing and approach. No further problems. Nothing that would appear out of order.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B-727 ACR ACFT SHUT DOWN 1 OF THEIR 3 ENGS DURING DSCNT FOR LNDG, DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE AND OIL QUANTITY, AND DECLARED AN EMER.
Narrative: A B-727 #3 ENG SHUT DOWN DUE TO RAPID LOSS OF ENG OIL PRESSURE AND LOSS OF QUANTITY. EMER DECLARED, UNEVENTFUL APCH AND LNDG PER SOP, ALTHOUGH COMPANY DISPATCH NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL AFTER LNDG DUE TO TIMING AND APCH. NO FURTHER PROBS. NOTHING THAT WOULD APPEAR OUT OF ORDER.
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.