Service difficulty report · Oil System · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
June 27, 2022
Submitted
June 28, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48791
Aircraft time
68,998 hours, 17,687 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4462
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Part time
92,663 hours, 18,281 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J, K
Precautionary procedure
A, E

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

What was found

NUMBER 3 ENGINE LOST OIL QUANTITY (ALL OIL GONE) AS WE WERE IN THE CLIMB-OUT PASSING ABOUT 6,500 FEET, FOLLOWED BY AN OIL PRESSURE ALERT ABOUT A MINUTE LATER. RAN QRH FOR LOSS OF OIL QUANTITY (ENGINE OIL PRESS LOW) AND SHUT NUMBER 3 ENGINE DOWN IN FLIGHT WITH THE FUEL LEVER, USING ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT CHECKLIST. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON KMEM RUNWAY 18C. NO FUEL DUMP WAS NEEDED. FIRE VEHICLES CONFIRMED LEAKING OIL FROM NO. 3 ENGINE AND INSISTED WE BE TOWED IN. I ESTIMATE THE TIME FROM NOTICING OIL LOSS TO ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AS WE RAN CHECKLISTS AND COORDINATED WITH ATC, BUT I HAD REDUCED THE THRUST TO IDLE AS SOON AS I NOTICED THE LOW OIL ALERT. ***EMERGENCY DECLARED*** COMPLETED #3 ENG INSTALL REF WORK CARD 71T0903-PW. LEAKS AND OPS CHECKS GOOD OK FOR SVC

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