oil pressure

  • | | | | |

    Airbus Leak Instigates Emergency Landing in South Africa


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Steve Brimley
    What: South African Airways Airbus A319-100 from Johannesburg en route to Port Elizabeth
    Where: OR Tambo International airport.
    When: Monday March 23
    Why: The plane returned to the airport of origin to make an emergency landing due to an oil leak which was said to be non-threatening. Prior to this event, a gauge indicated a pressure problem. The crew shut down one engine when it lost oil pressure.

    Passengers took another plane an hour and a half later.

  • |

    Nascar Bombardier Nails Vegas Landing on One Engine

    What: two-engine Bombardier CRJ-200 en route to Southern California
    Where: emergency landing in Las Vegas
    When: Thursday Feb 19
    Who: 44 team members and a crew of four
    Why: After the plane made a fuel stop in Salinas, Kan., the left engine lost oil pressure and the pilots shut it down at 38,000 feet. The General Manager of Michael Waltrip Racing said that “the plane operated flawlessly on one engine and we landed with absolutely zero incident.”

    The Michael Waltrip Racing team members were en route from North Carolina to Southern California for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup. The team came the rest of the way by bus.

  • | | |

    Air Canada/Air Georgian Blows Tires in Albany


    What: Air Canada 9 year old 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 turboprop en route from Toronto to Manchester, N.H.
    Where: Albany International Airport
    When: Thursday Jan 15 11 am
    Who: seven passengers and two crew members
    Why: The plane was landing because of a reported engine problem (an in-flight emergency when one of two turboprop engines experienced difficulty). The pilot noticed low oil pressure in the right engine; however, all four tires failed during an emergency landing at in New York. The plane landed on the main runway and stopped on four flat deflated tires at the intersection of two runways The Albany airport was closed for an hour after the landing.

    Note: Tickets were sold by Air Canada, but Air Georgian operated the flight. Air Georgian president Paul Mulrooney is unsure if there was ice on the plane’s brakes or if the pilot braked too heavily, causing the tires to blow out.

  • | |

    Cessna Flips in Pescadero


    What: Rented Sterling Aviation’s Cessna 150 en route from Monterey to Half Moon Bay Airport
    Where: PESCADERO, CA in an open field south of Half Moon Bay (about 1 mile south of Pescadero Road and Highway 1 )
    When: 01/11/2009
    Who: 2 Michael Paul Harris, and his wife, Danette,
    Why: The pilot noticed they were running low on fuel. After a Forced landing in a field outside of PESCADERO, CA, about 200 yards into the field, the plane’s front nose wheel dug into the soil and collapsed, causing the plan to flip. The pilot buzz is that the renter of the plane should have refueled, and that the forced landing and resultant plane damage was entirely unnecessary.

  • |

    Cessna Emergency Landing in Swamp


    What: Cessna 172
    Where: emergency landing NE of Dumbarton Bridge one mile north of the Palo Alto Airport
    When: Friday night
    Who: pilot aboard.
    Why: The pilot reported that the plain was losing oil pressure. On landing, the plane flipped in a marshy area. The Coast Guard responded to the emergency call. The (approx) 25 gallons of fuel aboard neither caused a fire nor contaminated the area. The pilot was uninjured