What was found
AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF L OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT TURNED ON AFTER ENGINE START. MAIN OIL FILTER AND SWITCH OIL FILTER WERE REPLACED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH MM 79-20-00 AND 79-30-00, ALL CORRECT.
- Difficulty date
- March 17, 2004
- Submitted
- April 17, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N945AS
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 49643
- Aircraft time
- 49,024 hours, 28,068 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7920 · Engine Oil Distribution (Airframe Furnished)
- Part
- Strainer
- Part number
- 699151
- Part serial
- 1052
- Condition
- Clogged
- Location
- Lt Eng Oil
- Part time
- 36,878 hours, 26,210 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.