An air carrier BA41 flight crew has the left engine oil pressure go to zero and the low oil pressure caption light illuminate. The flight crew declared an emergency, shut down the engine and diverted to an alternate.

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Attributes
ACN	369542
Time
Date	199705
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : uin
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 16000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Jetstream 41
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	369542
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	369541
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:

At cruise flight at 16000 ft on heading direct to sux, the left oil pressure dropped to zero and left oil pressure caption illuminated. Emergency in-flight shutdown checklist completed. Declared an emergency, diverted to uin. Landed safely at quincy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR BA41 FLC HAS THE L ENG OIL PRESSURE GO TO ZERO AND THE LOW OIL PRESSURE CAPTION LIGHT ILLUMINATE. THE FLC DECLARED AN EMER, SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE.

Narrative: AT CRUISE FLT AT 16000 FT ON HDG DIRECT TO SUX, THE L OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND L OIL PRESSURE CAPTION ILLUMINATED. EMER INFLT SHUTDOWN CHKLIST COMPLETED. DECLARED AN EMER, DIVERTED TO UIN. LANDED SAFELY AT QUINCY.

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.