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Air carrier has right engine oil pressure drop. Notified by passenger through flight attendant that oil flowing from cowling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 173319 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : azo |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau tower : bwi |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7600 flight time type : 675 |
| ASRS Report | 173319 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After takeoff, during climb out, right engine oil pressure dropped to the point of where the engine was shut down. A passenger was the first to notice the oil flowing out from the cowling, who then alerted the F/a, who told us. We returned to the airport, an uneventful landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR HAS RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROP. NOTIFIED BY PASSENGER THROUGH FA THAT OIL FLOWING FROM COWLING.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, DURING CLBOUT, RIGHT ENG OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO THE POINT OF WHERE THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN. A PAX WAS THE FIRST TO NOTICE THE OIL FLOWING OUT FROM THE COWLING, WHO THEN ALERTED THE F/A, WHO TOLD US. WE RETURNED TO THE ARPT, AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.