MD80 flight crew has a left engine oil strainer light; secures engine and lands as a precaution.

Attributes
ACN	697708
Time
Date	200605
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 13000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	697708
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng caution other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

30 mins into cruise left engine oil strainer clogging light came on. Light went out after running QRH checklist. Light came back on at about 13000 ft while descending into ZZZ. Light would not go out. At 11000 ft in VMC the left engine was shut down as per checklist. At that point we informed approach and asked for the crash fire rescue equipment to meet us. A visual approach was flown with a normal landing. Taxied to gate under own power. I later realized I should have declared an emergency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 FLT CREW HAS A L ENG OIL STRAINER LIGHT; SECURES ENG AND LANDS AS A PRECAUTION.

Narrative: 30 MINS INTO CRUISE L ENG OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT CAME ON. LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER RUNNING QRH CHKLIST. LIGHT CAME BACK ON AT ABOUT 13000 FT WHILE DSNDING INTO ZZZ. LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT. AT 11000 FT IN VMC THE L ENG WAS SHUT DOWN AS PER CHKLIST. AT THAT POINT WE INFORMED APCH AND ASKED FOR THE CFR TO MEET US. A VISUAL APCH WAS FLOWN WITH A NORMAL LNDG. TAXIED TO GATE UNDER OWN PWR. I LATER REALIZED I SHOULD HAVE DECLARED AN EMER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.