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A B757-200 in descent at FL280 declared an emergency and diverted due to #1 engine loss of oil pressure and quantity caused by N3 tower shaft housing cracked.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 443786 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199907 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sju.airport |
| State Reference | PR |
| Altitude | msl single value : 28000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : tjzs.artcc artcc : zjx.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude descent : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | departure sid : mco5 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 443786 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : left engine oil indications |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During descent FL280, left engine oil quantity went to zero and oil pressure went to zero. Precautionary engine shutdown and emergency declared. Diverted to sju and landed uneventfully. Landing weight 197300 pounds. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the engine was a rolls royce RB211-535e4 and the failure was the N3 tower shaft housing was cracked. The reporter said the oil loss was almost instantaneous and the engine was immediately shut down.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 IN DSCNT AT FL280 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO #1 ENG LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY CAUSED BY N3 TOWER SHAFT HOUSING CRACKED.
Narrative: DURING DSCNT FL280, L ENG OIL QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO AND OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY ENG SHUTDOWN AND EMER DECLARED. DIVERTED TO SJU AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. LNDG WT 197300 LBS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS A ROLLS ROYCE RB211-535E4 AND THE FAILURE WAS THE N3 TOWER SHAFT HOUSING WAS CRACKED. THE RPTR SAID THE OIL LOSS WAS ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS AND THE ENG WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN.
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.