Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
August 8, 2018
Submitted
August 13, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N932NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
33488
Aircraft time
16,697 hours, 6,682 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B243
Part
Oil System
Condition
False Indication
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LOST OIL IN BOTH ENGINES. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON LIFT OFF LEFT ENGINE OIL WENT TO REVERSE AND SHOWED 3 QUANTITYS, LEVELED AT 10,000 FT. QRH HAS US REMAIN LEVEL IN HOPES QUANTITY WOULD INCREASE. QUANTITIES NEVER GOT ABOVE 7 ON LEFT OR 8 ON RIGHT, OPTED TO RETURN TO SEA SINCE OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES WERE NORMAL. HAD AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING AT 164,000. PERFORMED OIL SERVICE ON #1 AND #2 ENGINES, OPENED COWLS AND PERFORMED RUN ON BOTH ENGINES, NO LEAKS NOTED. (PER OPERATIONS MANUAL LOSS OF INDICATION IS A PHENOMENOM CALLED GULPING OIL, OIL CAN DECREASE AS MUCH AS 11 QUARTS OIL. INDICATION WAS 9 AND 10 ON GUAGE AT SEA. AIRCRAFT IS OK FOR SERVICE.