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B757 has oil pump failure, shuts engine down, is delayed declaring emergency due to frequency congestion but lands uneventfully at atl, GA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 479376 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 18000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival star : n/s |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 479376 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng indication / oil other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure Aircraft ATC Facility |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Right engine failed. Declared emergency. Landed single engine. Cause of failure appears to be engine oil pump failure. Had trouble declaring emergency as approach control was too busy. Had to wait until approach control called me. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter said they were in a descent when shut down was accomplished. The problem with communication with approach control was due to frequency congestion and blocked radio xmissions. After 4 tries to get through he elected to wait for ATC's next call to him to advise them since the emergency was under control and they were proceeding toward the airport for an approach anyway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 HAS OIL PUMP FAILURE, SHUTS ENG DOWN, IS DELAYED DECLARING EMER DUE TO FREQ CONGESTION BUT LANDS UNEVENTFULLY AT ATL, GA.
Narrative: R ENG FAILED. DECLARED EMER. LANDED SINGLE ENG. CAUSE OF FAILURE APPEARS TO BE ENG OIL PUMP FAILURE. HAD TROUBLE DECLARING EMER AS APCH CTL WAS TOO BUSY. HAD TO WAIT UNTIL APCH CTL CALLED ME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR SAID THEY WERE IN A DSCNT WHEN SHUT DOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE PROB WITH COM WITH APCH CTL WAS DUE TO FREQ CONGESTION AND BLOCKED RADIO XMISSIONS. AFTER 4 TRIES TO GET THROUGH HE ELECTED TO WAIT FOR ATC'S NEXT CALL TO HIM TO ADVISE THEM SINCE THE EMER WAS UNDER CTL AND THEY WERE PROCEEDING TOWARD THE ARPT FOR AN APCH ANYWAY.
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.