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Attributes | |
ACN | 535020 |
Time | |
Date | 200201 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
State Reference | CO |
Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdv.artcc |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
ASRS Report | 535020 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : oil quantity, pressure, temp eicas other flight crewa other flight crewb |
Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition none taken : detected after the fact other |
Consequence | other other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | FAA Flight Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
FL350 150 mi east of den left engine oil quantity drops to zero, oil temperature 30 degrees hotter than right engine, oil pressure fluctuating and decreasing. Called maintenance and dispatch. Maintenance advised to shut down engine if we reached oil pressure redline and to operate left engine at minimum power. Declared emergency and diverted to den. Prepared for a single engine approach and landing in case we had to shut down engine. Declared a cabin advisory and informed passenger. Landed normally with 2 engines operating.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 CREW HAD #1 ENG OIL QUANTITY GO TO '0.' HIGHER OIL TEMP AND FLUCTUATING OIL PRESSURE IN ZDV CLASS A.
Narrative: FL350 150 MI E OF DEN L ENG OIL QUANTITY DROPS TO ZERO, OIL TEMP 30 DEGS HOTTER THAN R ENG, OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING AND DECREASING. CALLED MAINT AND DISPATCH. MAINT ADVISED TO SHUT DOWN ENG IF WE REACHED OIL PRESSURE REDLINE AND TO OPERATE L ENG AT MINIMUM PWR. DECLARED EMER AND DIVERTED TO DEN. PREPARED FOR A SINGLE ENG APCH AND LNDG IN CASE WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN ENG. DECLARED A CABIN ADVISORY AND INFORMED PAX. LANDED NORMALLY WITH 2 ENGS OPERATING.
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.