American B738 at Chicago on Dec 26th 2012, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 26, 2012 / 23:55:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 26, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-392

Aircraft Registration
N975AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N975AN performing flight AA-392 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to New York La Guardia,NY (USA) with 155 people on board, was climbing out of O'Hare's runway 04L when the crew detected a rapidly reducing oil quantity indication for the left hand engine (CFM56) and declared emergency reporting a low oil quantity indication for the left hand engine. The crew levelled off at 8000 feet and returned to Chicago. Due to further reducing oil quantity the crew needed to shut the left hand engine down and landed safely on runway 10 about 18 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N925AN reached New York with a delay of 2:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 26, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-392

Aircraft Registration
N975AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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