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A B757's left engine oil pressure and quantity decreased to zero after takeoff. An emergency was declared with a return to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 826735 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Powerplant Lubrication System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 11560 Flight Crew Type 1700 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
We departed from ZZZ to ZZZ1. On climbout; the left engine oil pressure and oil quantity went to zero. We declared an emergency; shut the left engine down; and returned to ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757's left engine oil pressure and quantity decreased to zero after takeoff. An emergency was declared with a return to land.
Narrative: We departed from ZZZ to ZZZ1. On climbout; the left engine oil pressure and oil quantity went to zero. We declared an emergency; shut the left engine down; and returned to ZZZ.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.