Service difficulty report · Packing · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
February 14, 2001
Submitted
March 12, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N181AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22648
Aircraft time
58,058 hours, 48,149 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Engine time
29,847 hours, 26,832 cycles
Part
Packing
Part number
MS9388151
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Component
Oil Pump
Component part number
734340
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

INFLIGHT NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW THE RED RADIAL; THE CREW ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE SHUTDOWN PER THE ORH, RETURNED TO OAK. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN FOR 25 MIN WITH WINDMILLING OIL PRESSURE OF 20 PS. IN OAK THE OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER AND OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR WERE REPLACED AND TESTED GOOD; THE ENGINE WINDMILLING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND THE MAIN OIL FILTER WAS REPLACED (NO DEBRIS IN FILTER); ON THE NEXT FLIGHT THE OIL QUANTITY WAS FOUND TO FOLLOW THE POWER LEVER AT ALL SETTINGS; TAKEOFF 2.0-2.5 GALS, IDLE 3.0-3.5 GALS AND AFTER SHUTDOWN IN PHX 4.0 GALS. IN PHX OIL PUMP WAS REPLACED. UPON REMOVAL TE CENTER O-RING WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN, THE OTHER 2 WERE OK. PUMP WAS REPLACED THOUGH NORMAL.