Narrative:

Descending out of 18;000 feet we lost the quantity and pressure on the green hydraulic system. We accomplished the appropriate checklists and set up for the approach. During the approach; the flaps would not extend with the use of the other two hydraulic systems. After we manually lowered the gear; the hydraulic fluid in the green system indicated a return to the normal level. At that point; we conferred with maintenance control and elected to use the green system electric pumps to lower the flaps which was not called for in the checklist. The flaps extended to the full position and we continued the approach and landing without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 flight crew reported loss of green hydraulic system quantity and pressure on descent; but the system reportedly returned to normal later in the approach.

Narrative: Descending out of 18;000 feet we lost the quantity and pressure on the green hydraulic system. We accomplished the appropriate checklists and set up for the approach. During the approach; the flaps would not extend with the use of the other two hydraulic systems. After we manually lowered the gear; the hydraulic fluid in the green system indicated a return to the normal level. At that point; we conferred with maintenance control and elected to use the green system electric pumps to lower the flaps which was not called for in the checklist. The flaps extended to the full position and we continued the approach and landing without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.