Service difficulty report · Oil Press Sw · Boeing 737222

Difficulty date
October 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12235
Make and model
Boeing 737222
Aircraft serial
19758
Engine
Pwa JT8D9
Part
Oil Press Sw
Part number
1163P181
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J, K
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

THE NR 2 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE OIL QUANTITY DROPPED WHILE ON APPROACH. THE 2 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH CASE CRACKED AND LEAKING OIL. THE NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS SERVICED WITH OIL AND RUN AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS WITH NO LEAKS NOTED.