What was found
IN FLIGHT SHUTDOWN, DECLARED EMERGENCY, NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, OIL QUANITY WAS AT ZERO. FOUND TORLON CHIPS IN LUB UNIT, CLEANED AND REINSTALLED PER MM.
- Difficulty date
- July 18, 2003
- Submitted
- July 25, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N659SW
- Make and model
- Boeing 737301
- Aircraft serial
- 23229
- Aircraft time
- 53,888 hours, 40,316 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CFM56*
- Engine time
- 52,734 hours, 39,360 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7261 · Turbine Engine Oil System
- Part
- Oil System
- Part number
- 3352610040
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J, Y
- Precautionary procedure
- A, B
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.