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Aircraft equipment problem. Oil pressure and qty lost. Engine shut down and flight diverted to nearest airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339763 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : oal |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 339763 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
We were cruising at FL370 near coaldale. Oil pressure on the right engine started to decrease. Oil qty was zero. Declared an emergency. Shut down engine. Landed at fresno which was 70 mi away. Oil pressure went to 1 psi, followed SOP.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. OIL PRESSURE AND QTY LOST. ENG SHUT DOWN AND FLT DIVERTED TO NEAREST ARPT.
Narrative: WE WERE CRUISING AT FL370 NEAR COALDALE. OIL PRESSURE ON THE R ENG STARTED TO DECREASE. OIL QTY WAS ZERO. DECLARED AN EMER. SHUT DOWN ENG. LANDED AT FRESNO WHICH WAS 70 MI AWAY. OIL PRESSURE WENT TO 1 PSI, FOLLOWED SOP.
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.