Narrative:

During cruise at 31000 ft #2 oil temperature gauge rose to the yellow caution range, on a scheduled B-727 passenger flight. 15 mins is allowed in the yellow before initiating abnormal checklist, which we did. After delegating flying, navigation and ATC communications to the first officer, the captain and so proceeded with the checklist. The checklist calls for increasing power on the affected engine in order to increase fuel flow, which might cool down the oil. This did not work. Instead the #2 oil temperature increased to above maximum limits. The checklist then calls for the shutdown of the affected engine. When the throttle was pulled back to idle the low oil pressure light illuminated and the oil pressure and quantity gauges decreased to below minimum limits. We continued with the checklist and shut the engine down. We had just passed dixon and were headed out over the water on an atlantic route to fll, fl. We obtained a rerte clearance from ATC to back over the land and requested a lower altitude, since we were heavy and had shut down 1 engine. ATC gradually cleared us to FL220 where the airplane was performing well on 2 engines. We started to consider landing at an alternate airport along the route and contacted dispatch for advise. They advised us to continue to destination if everything looked ok. We were still very heavy. Immediate landing would have required dumping fuel or an overweight landing. Also finishing the required checklists including the 1 engine inoperative approach and landing checklist was going to take some time. By that time we would be near jax, fl. After checking the WX at destination and discussing and evaluating the situation with the crew, we concurred with dispatch's advise to continue to destination. By then we had burned enough fuel to be down to our maximum landing weight. The airplane was flying with no difficulties, all system operated normally, all ATC clrncs were complied with, no emergency was declared, no special handling requested and the landing was uneventful.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. ACR HAS TO SHUT DOWN ITS #2 ENG WHEN ITS OIL SYS OVERTEMPS.

Narrative: DURING CRUISE AT 31000 FT #2 OIL TEMP GAUGE ROSE TO THE YELLOW CAUTION RANGE, ON A SCHEDULED B-727 PAX FLT. 15 MINS IS ALLOWED IN THE YELLOW BEFORE INITIATING ABNORMAL CHKLIST, WHICH WE DID. AFTER DELEGATING FLYING, NAV AND ATC COMS TO THE FO, THE CAPT AND SO PROCEEDED WITH THE CHKLIST. THE CHKLIST CALLS FOR INCREASING PWR ON THE AFFECTED ENG IN ORDER TO INCREASE FUEL FLOW, WHICH MIGHT COOL DOWN THE OIL. THIS DID NOT WORK. INSTEAD THE #2 OIL TEMP INCREASED TO ABOVE MAX LIMITS. THE CHKLIST THEN CALLS FOR THE SHUTDOWN OF THE AFFECTED ENG. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK TO IDLE THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY GAUGES DECREASED TO BELOW MINIMUM LIMITS. WE CONTINUED WITH THE CHKLIST AND SHUT THE ENG DOWN. WE HAD JUST PASSED DIXON AND WERE HEADED OUT OVER THE WATER ON AN ATLANTIC RTE TO FLL, FL. WE OBTAINED A RERTE CLRNC FROM ATC TO BACK OVER THE LAND AND REQUESTED A LOWER ALT, SINCE WE WERE HVY AND HAD SHUT DOWN 1 ENG. ATC GRADUALLY CLRED US TO FL220 WHERE THE AIRPLANE WAS PERFORMING WELL ON 2 ENGS. WE STARTED TO CONSIDER LNDG AT AN ALTERNATE ARPT ALONG THE RTE AND CONTACTED DISPATCH FOR ADVISE. THEY ADVISED US TO CONTINUE TO DEST IF EVERYTHING LOOKED OK. WE WERE STILL VERY HVY. IMMEDIATE LNDG WOULD HAVE REQUIRED DUMPING FUEL OR AN OVERWT LNDG. ALSO FINISHING THE REQUIRED CHKLISTS INCLUDING THE 1 ENG INOP APCH AND LNDG CHKLIST WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. BY THAT TIME WE WOULD BE NEAR JAX, FL. AFTER CHKING THE WX AT DEST AND DISCUSSING AND EVALUATING THE SIT WITH THE CREW, WE CONCURRED WITH DISPATCH'S ADVISE TO CONTINUE TO DEST. BY THEN WE HAD BURNED ENOUGH FUEL TO BE DOWN TO OUR MAX LNDG WT. THE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING WITH NO DIFFICULTIES, ALL SYS OPERATED NORMALLY, ALL ATC CLRNCS WERE COMPLIED WITH, NO EMER WAS DECLARED, NO SPECIAL HANDLING REQUESTED AND THE LNDG WAS 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.