Service difficulty report · None · Boeing 757200

Difficulty date
February 3, 2022
Submitted
February 9, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N783FD
Make and model
Boeing 757200
Aircraft serial
26678
Aircraft time
75,000 hours, 29,175 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
829 hours, 585 cycles
Part
None
Part number
PW2037
Part serial
726543
Condition
Leaking
Location
N/A
Part time
77,777 hours, 27,542 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, K, Y
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

PDIS 783 79-32 6083 03FEB22 TPA OPEN U EMERGENCY DECLARED. DURING CLIMB OUT FROM TAMPA TO MEMPHIS, HAD INDICATION OF HIGH OIL TEMP ON LEFT ENGINE. SOON AFTER, NOTICED OIL QUANTITY WAS ZERO. OIL PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. RETARDED LEFT THRUST LEVER PER QRH BUT OIL TEMP CONTINUED TO RISE. AS WE WERE PREPARING TO CONTINUE THE CHECKLIST TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN, OIL TEMP CLIMBED INTO THE WARNING RANGE (RED BAND) AND SMOKE BEGAN TO POUR INTO THE COCKPIT FROM THE LEFT SIDE. THE ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN, EMERGENCY DECLARED, AND COORDINATED FOR RETURN TO TAMPA FOR EMERGENCY, SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING. INFO 03FEB22 05:22 MC1 R PER ETHAN/POWERPLANT ENGINEERING DUE TO OIL IN THE TAILPIPE THIS ENGINE IS APPROVED FOR ENGINE CHANGE. FACT 06FEB22 23:59 TPA L/H ENGINE CHANGE COMPLETED. SEE W/C 7180210-01-01 FOR SIGNOFF'S. AND RII .

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