B757 departing stl lost oil pressure, shut down engine and returned to land.

Attributes
ACN	438190
Time
Date	199905
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zkc.artcc
State Reference	KS
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 460
ASRS Report	438190
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Loss of oil pressure on left engine. Shut down left engine, declared emergency, and returned to stl.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 DEPARTING STL LOST OIL PRESSURE, SHUT DOWN ENG AND RETURNED TO LAND.

Narrative: LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON L ENG. SHUT DOWN L ENG, DECLARED EMER, AND RETURNED TO STL.

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.