<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1010815, May 2012

A dispatcher reported a B767-300ER had declared an emergency and returned to its departure airport when they shut down the left engine due to low oil pressure and landed modestly overweight.

Attributes
ACN	1010815
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Lubrication System
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

We received a call from one of our flights. They told us that they had to shutdown the #1 engine due to low oil pressure and had declared an emergency. They advised that they were planning to return to their departure airport and did not need any other services from us. We received word from maintenance control a short time later that the crew was working on burning fuel off to prevent an overweight landing. Crew advised after arrival that they had landed 20;000 kilos overweight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Dispatcher reported a B767-300ER had declared an emergency and returned to its departure airport when they shut down the left engine due to low oil pressure and landed modestly overweight.

Narrative: We received a call from one of our flights. They told us that they had to shutdown the #1 engine due to low oil pressure and had declared an emergency. They advised that they were planning to return to their departure airport and did not need any other services from us. We received word from maintenance control a short time later that the crew was working on burning fuel off to prevent an overweight landing. Crew advised after arrival that they had landed 20;000 kilos overweight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.