# Incident 20000703034109I: Lear 36A, San Francisco, CA, July 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2000, 17:57 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: L2MA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N432JW-2006-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 36A (registry code 5170603, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 36A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE7312
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,020 total, 700 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000703034109I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)OCCURENCE HAPPENED DURING DESCENT. PILOTS HEARD A LOUD RUMBLING NOISE, WHICH THEY THOUGH WAS AIRFRAME NOISE,THEN THE #1 ENGINE LOW ENGINE-OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED, OIL PRESSURE INDICATED ZERO, APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE.  THE CREW INITIATED A SEQUENCE TO SECURE THE ENGINE, HOWEVER ENGINE FAILED PRIOR TO EXECUTION.  MAINTENACE CREW ON SCENE SUSPECTS A BEARING FAILURE (OIL ON COMMPRESSOR BLADES, OIL PUMP HOUSING FAILURE, WITH OIL AND METAL IN THE FILTER AND COWLING).  ENGINE IS BEING SHIPPED TO DALLAS FOR  OVERHAUL, AND A TEARDOWN REPORT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE OAK FSDO, AS REQUIRED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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