A B767-400 DURING A PREDEP ETOPS CHK; 9 PINTS OF OIL WAS ADDED TO #2 ENG. TIME BTWN LAST SVC 30 HRS. NO LEAKS WERE FOUND.

2005-03 · NASA ASRS report 649265

Date: 2005-03 · Aircraft: B767-400 and 400 ER · Phase: ground

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-maintenance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

A B767-400 DURING A PREDEP ETOPS CHK; 9 PINTS OF OIL WAS ADDED TO #2 ENG. TIME BTWN LAST SVC 30 HRS. NO LEAKS WERE FOUND.

Narrative

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING A B767-400 ETOPS PREDEP CHK; I CHKED OIL QUANTITY ON BOTH ENGS. ADDED 3 PINTS TO #1 ENG; 9 PINTS TO #2 ENG. ON THE PREDEP CHK FORM BLOCK 41; (ENG #2) IT STATES IF EXCESSIVE OIL IS USED (1/2 PINT PER HR OR MORE) NOTIFY TECHNICAL MGMNT CTR. THE ENG HAD NOT HAD ANY OIL ADDED TO IT ON THIS LOG PAGE IN 6 LEGS. CUMULATIVELY; THIS IS ROUGHLY 30 HRS OF FLYING WITHOUT ANY OIL ADDED. I ADDED 9 PINTS. TALKING TO ACR MAINT CTL; THEY ADVISED THAT ONLY THE ATLANTA TO ZZZ LEG MATTERED AND THE FAA WOULD PUT THE PROOF ON ME THAT THE 9 PINTS WERE NOT LOST ON THIS PARTICULAR LEG AND A LEAK CHK NEEDED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TO VERIFY THIS. I INSPECTED THE ENG AND IT HAD NO LEAKS. I FAILED TO CALL TECHNICAL MGMNT CTR TO ADVISE THAT I PUT IN 9 PINTS. THE FLT FROM ATL-ZZZ IS APPROX +/-5 HRS; SO THE AMOUNT OVER 5 PINTS WARRANTS A CALL. I DID NOT NOTE ON THE LOG PAGE THAT I INSPECTED THE ENG FOR A LEAK CHK; EVEN THOUGH I WAS CONVINCED ALL WAS OK. CHKING THE OUTGOING FLT FROM ZZZ TO HNL; ONLY 1 PINT WAS ADDED AFTER A 5 1/2 HR FLT. OBVIOUSLY THE ENG WAS OK. CORRECTIVE ACTION: CHANGE THE WORDING ON JOB CARD TO REFLECT THE OBVIOUS; THAT THIS ACFT FLIES MANY HRS BTWN OIL SVC AND THE HRS SHOULD BE CUMULATIVE IN RESPECT TO OIL USED AND NOT REFLECTIVE OF JUST THE LAST LEG.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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