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An A300 experienced low oil pressure in one engine and shut down the engine. The captain elected to return to his department airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 751517 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200708 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 751577 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Encountered an engine oil pressure problem on 1 engine. Contacted flight control and maintenance control on the radio. Captain requested to divert back to ZZZ. Crew shut an engine down. Per far/fom flight supposed to divert to the nearest suitable airport which was ZZZ1 at that time. At captain request; flight came back to ZZZ. Flight declared an emergency and landed without any incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300 EXPERIENCED LOW OIL PRESSURE IN ONE ENG AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE CAPT ELECTED TO RETURN TO HIS DEPT ARPT.
Narrative: ENCOUNTERED AN ENG OIL PRESSURE PROB ON 1 ENG. CONTACTED FLT CTL AND MAINT CTL ON THE RADIO. CAPT REQUESTED TO DIVERT BACK TO ZZZ. CREW SHUT AN ENG DOWN. PER FAR/FOM FLT SUPPOSED TO DIVERT TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT WHICH WAS ZZZ1 AT THAT TIME. AT CAPT REQUEST; FLT CAME BACK TO ZZZ. FLT DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT.
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.