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A B757-200 flight crew at FL330 shut down the left engine due to loss of engine oil pressure caused by a sheared input shaft on the main oil pump.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 509495 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Sat |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sju.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zsu.artcc tracon : pvd.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 509495 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 509496 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : l engine oil pressure other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Left engine oil pressure dropped to zero and oil light illumiated. Shut down left engine. Normal weight landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the airplane was a B757-200 with rolls royce RB211-535e4 engines. The reporter said the loss of oil pressure occurred 170 mi northwest of sju at FL330. The reporter stated the engine was shut down per the manual and the plan was to continue to sju due to airport familiarity and VFR WX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 FLC AT FL330 SHUT DOWN THE L ENG DUE TO LOSS OF ENG OIL PRESSURE CAUSED BY A SHEARED INPUT SHAFT ON THE MAIN OIL PUMP.
Narrative: L ENG OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND OIL LIGHT ILLUMIATED. SHUT DOWN L ENG. NORMAL WT LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS A B757-200 WITH ROLLS ROYCE RB211-535E4 ENGS. THE RPTR SAID THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE OCCURRED 170 MI NW OF SJU AT FL330. THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN PER THE MANUAL AND THE PLAN WAS TO CONTINUE TO SJU DUE TO ARPT FAMILIARITY AND VFR WX.
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.