<< >> NASA ASRS Report 986131, December 2011

DA2000 flight crew experiences low oil pressure on the center engine at FL390 and shuts it down. The flight is cleared to descend and reverse course back to the departure airport for an uneventful landing.

Attributes
ACN	986131
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Falcon 2000
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Lubrication System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 4574 Flight Crew Type 484
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 330 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 2800
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While enroute over the south pacific our aircraft experienced an crew commanded in flight shutdown of the number two engine due to low oil pressure.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA2000 flight crew experiences low oil pressure on the center engine at FL390 and shuts it down. The flight is cleared to descend and reverse course back to the departure airport for an uneventful landing.

Narrative: While enroute over the South Pacific our aircraft experienced an crew commanded in flight shutdown of the number two engine due to low oil pressure.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.