Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
April 6, 2025
Submitted
April 8, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N907AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29509
Aircraft time
73,301 hours, 30,433 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B242
Engine time
33,414 hours, 14,334 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL 370 AT MACH .79 WE GOT AN OIL FILTER BYPASS ON ENGINE 2 WITH NO OTHER ASSOCIATED ABNORMALITIES. OIL PRESSURE, OIL TEMP, AND QUANTITY WERE ALL WITHIN NORMAL RANGE. WHILE RUNNING QRH WE REDUCED POWER TO APPROX 65% N1 AND MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED MOMENTARILY THEN REAPPEARED EVEN WITH POWER AT IDLE. THIS THEN LED TO AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN; AFTER LANDING A VISIBLE OIL STREAK WAS FOUND ON THE COWLING. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO AND LANDED SAFELY AT CVG. (OPEN).