<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1089843, May 2013

An A300 flight crew followed their ECAM procedures; declared and emergency and diverted following a loss of fluid in the green hydraulic system.

Attributes
ACN	1089843
Time
Date	201305
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

In cruise flight at FL360 we got a green hydraulic quantity low ECAM. The ECAM had us shut off pumps. Then the ECAM cleared itself and I turned the pumps back on. This happened several times so we complied with ecams. The quantity indicator overhead pointer was fluctuating on the red dot (the low qty indicator). The ECAM display quantity indicated on the low line. We advised operations and maintenance control and diverted to a nearby suitable airport; declared an emergency and made a normal approach and landing. We were able to clear the runway and had company maintenance tow us to the gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 flight crew followed their ECAM procedures; declared and emergency and diverted following a loss of fluid in the green hydraulic system.

Narrative: In cruise flight at FL360 we got a green hydraulic quantity low ECAM. The ECAM had us shut off pumps. Then the ECAM cleared itself and I turned the pumps back on. This happened several times so we complied with ECAMS. The quantity indicator overhead pointer was fluctuating on the red dot (the low qty indicator). The ECAM display quantity indicated on the low line. We advised Operations and Maintenance Control and diverted to a nearby suitable airport; declared an emergency and made a normal approach and landing. We were able to clear the runway and had company Maintenance tow us to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.