Service difficulty report · Oil System · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
September 30, 2012
Submitted
October 1, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N253QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
153
Aircraft time
9,676 hours, 5,950 cycles
Engine
Cfe CFE73811B
Part
Oil System
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED DURING CRUISE AT FL 400. OIL PRESSURE DROPPED ABOUT 1 PSI IAW MINUTE UNTIL IT DROPPED FROM 35 PSI TO 17 PSI IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS. SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AFTER LANDING, THE OIL LEVEL WAS BELOW SCALE AND THERE WAS OIL ON THE ENGINE COWLING AND DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE.