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A beech 99 on climb out at 8500 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to loss of oil in #2 engine caused by failure of the oil cap lock.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 431824 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fai.airport |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | msl single value : 8500 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 431824 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 460 |
| ASRS Report | 431822 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine oil indications |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Loss of oil pressure on right engine shortly after takeoff. Did precautionary shutdown and returned to fai. Oil dipstick cap came loose in-flight. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the engine was a P&west P6A-34 and the loss of oil was from the filler cap dipstick locking mechanism which failed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BEECH 99 ON CLBOUT AT 8500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF OIL IN #2 ENG CAUSED BY FAILURE OF THE OIL CAP LOCK.
Narrative: LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON R ENG SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. DID PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN AND RETURNED TO FAI. OIL DIPSTICK CAP CAME LOOSE INFLT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS A P&W P6A-34 AND THE LOSS OF OIL WAS FROM THE FILLER CAP DIPSTICK LOCKING MECHANISM WHICH FAILED.
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.