Service difficulty report · Oil System · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
June 11, 2019
Submitted
July 3, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N722FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
479
Aircraft time
55,960 hours, 29,824 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4158
Engine time
50,596 hours, 14,130 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, 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

SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF AT FL320, NOTICED ENG #2 OIL QTY SHOWING 7 QTS, WHILE ENG #1 HAD 15 QTS. WITHIN 10 MINUTES, OIL QTY CONTINUED TO DECREASE TO ZERO. DURING THAT TIME OIL PRESSURE WAS NORMAL AT 195 PSI AND OIL TEMP 140 DEGREES. RETARDED THROTTLE #2 TO IDLE AND OIL STAYED AT ZERO. EVENTUALLY OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE /- 50 PSI WITH OIL LO PRESS WARNING LIGHT FLICKERING. SHUT DOWN #2 ENGINE AND LANDED KMEM. POST FLIGHT SHOWED QUANTITIES OF OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. REPLACED #2 ENGINE PER W/C 7100000-02-16.

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