When an SA226 lost oil pressure in the left engine the pilot secured it and returned safely to his d...

Attributes
ACN	1136457
Time
Date	201312
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SA-226 TC Metro II
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 96 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 6800
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After takeoff from runway 17R; during climb and making a left turn assigned by tower I felt a difference in directional control (yawing) to the left. After checking my gages and parameters I saw a solid oil pressure red light for the left engine; I recovered directional control; secured the engine; reported the problem to the tower; received vectors for and landed on runway 26 without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When an SA226 lost oil pressure in the left engine the pilot secured it and returned safely to his departure airport.

Narrative: After takeoff from Runway 17R; during climb and making a left turn assigned by Tower I felt a difference in directional control (yawing) to the left. After checking my gages and parameters I saw a solid oil pressure red light for the left engine; I recovered directional control; secured the engine; reported the problem to the Tower; received vectors for and landed on Runway 26 without incident.

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.