- Difficulty date
- September 5, 2013
- Submitted
- September 6, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N511UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 24799
- Aircraft time
- 75,025 hours, 27,939 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Oil Filter
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Rt Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
RT ENGINE OIL FILTER EICAS AFTER START, TEMPERATURE ABOVE 35. SHUTDOWN IAW CHECKLIST. FOUND METAL IN MAIN OIL. EXAMINED CONTAMINATION IAW AMM 79-00-99 PG203. FLUSHED ENGINE OIL IAW AMM 79-11-00 PG201. REPLACED MAIN OIL FILTER ENGINE RUN RECHECK IAW AMM. EXAMINED OIL FILTER & CHIP DETECTORS. NO DEBRIS FOUND. RECHECK OIL FILTER CHIP DETECTORS 2 CYCLES.