FLC OF A BA41 JETSTREAM ACFT SHUT DOWN ENG DUE TO ABNORMAL OIL PRESSURE INDICATION AND MADE AN EMER DSCNT AND DIVERTED TO LAND.

Date: 1995-11 · Aircraft: Jetstream 41

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLC OF A BA41 JETSTREAM ACFT SHUT DOWN ENG DUE TO ABNORMAL OIL PRESSURE INDICATION AND MADE AN EMER DSCNT AND DIVERTED TO LAND.

Narrative

SINGLE ENG APCH/LNDG AT MDT (HARRISBURG; PA; INTL) DUE TO THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES: UPON LEVEL OFF AND TRANSITION TO CRUISE FLT AT FL190; OUR L ENG OIL PRESSURE BECAME ABNORMAL. INDICATIONS WERE AT FIRST FLUCTUATIONS; BUT MAINLY DROPPING IN TEMP. OUR FLT ATTENDANT WAS CALLED TO OBSERVE VISUALLY THE L ENG; NO UNUSUAL SIGNS NOTED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; COCKPIT CREW WAS ALERTED BY A RED CAPTION ON THE MASTER WARNING PANEL. PROPER EMER PROCS WERE EMPLOYED AND ENG SHUT DOWN; SECURING ACCOMPLISHED WITH REF TO WRITTEN CHKLISTS AND CHALLENGE; RESPONSE PROCS. ALL ACTIONS FOLLOWED COMPANY FAR ACFT BAE 4100 EMER SOPS! NO FURTHER WARNINGS WERE OBSERVED IN THE COCKPIT. CURRENT ATC FACILITY (NY ARTCC) WAS THEN NOTIFIED AS TO OUR STATUS AND PRIORITY HANDLING WAS REQUESTED. EMER DSCNT WAS INITIATED AND CFR PERSONNEL EQUIP WAS REQUESTED AT OUR LNDG ARPT (MDT). DEST WX WAS IFR (700 FT OVCST AND 4 MI WITH FOG) AT MDT. SINGLE ENG APCH/LNDG WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY; WITHIN APPROX 20 MINS AT ONSET OF THE MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. WE WERE MET BY THE CFR TEAM UPON LNDG; WHO VERIFIED NO POTENTIAL HAZARDS EXISTED; WE THEN PROCEEDED TO REMOTE RAMP LOCATION WHERE STATION AGENTS MET ACFT AND ACCOMMODATED PAX. NO INJURIES WERE NOTED OR DAMAGE TO ACFT.

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