What was found
LEFT ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOGGED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. CHIP DETECTOR CLEAN AND FILTER CHECKED GOOD. FOUND METAL IN OIL TANK AND REPLACED ENGINE.
- Difficulty date
- July 18, 2017
- Submitted
- July 19, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N932DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49719
- Aircraft time
- 73,879 hours, 55,019 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- System (JASC)
- 7261 · Turbine Engine Oil System
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Left
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.