Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 737832

Difficulty date
January 20, 2021
Submitted
January 21, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3755D
Make and model
Boeing 737832
Aircraft serial
29627
Aircraft time
63,741 hours, 23,559 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B262
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine Oil
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DIVERSION TO LAS DUE TO LOSS OF THE LEFT ENGINE OIL QUANTITY AND OIL PRESSURE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INTO LAS, ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN, CREW KEPT ENGINE RUNNING AT POWER AND THAT THE OIL PRESSURE DID NOT GO BELOW 14PSI. CORRECTIVE ACTION: FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM OIL CLOGGING TRANSMITTER, REPLACED O-RINGS LEAK CHECKS GOOD. FOQA DATA SHOWS ENGINE RAN BELOW 13PSI BEYOND AMM LIMITS, ENGINE CHANGE REQUIRED.