What was found
LEFT OIL PRESSURE LOW AT 24,000. FOLLOWED BY ZERO OIL QTY. SHUTDOWN LT ENGINE IN FLIGHT. FOUND LOOSE B-NUT AT 8 O`CLOCK POSITION, RT ABOVE STARTER. OIL LINE IS DISCONNECTED. REPLACED IAW AMDS W/C 7100-4682-LT.
- Difficulty date
- February 22, 2016
- Submitted
- February 23, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N986DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53313
- Aircraft time
- 63,142 hours, 45,772 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D*
- System (JASC)
- 7261 · Turbine Engine Oil System
- Part
- B-Nut
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Engine Oil
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.