Flight crew of EMB120 has oil pressure fluctuation below red line on climb out.

Attributes
ACN	407724
Time
Date	199807
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mdt
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mdt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	407724
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On climb out #1 engine oil pressure fluctuated below red line. Executed precautionary engine shutdown and returned to mdt without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF EMB120 HAS OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATION BELOW RED LINE ON CLBOUT.

Narrative: ON CLBOUT #1 ENG OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED BELOW RED LINE. EXECUTED PRECAUTIONARY ENG SHUTDOWN AND RETURNED TO MDT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.