Air carrier has loss of 'a' hydraulic system just after takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	224399
Time
Date	199210
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ind
State Reference	IN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ind
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	224399
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff from ind, the aircraft had a complete loss of hydraulic system a. Crew accomplished all checklists and abnormal procedures. Landing gear had to be manually extended. Precautions were taken by doing a tower fly-by to check gear position and emergency vehicles were requested to stand by. Normal landing was accomplished, crew did not declare an emergency and no evacuate/evacuation was necessary. Personnel at ind tower were very professional and were a great help.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAS LOSS OF 'A' HYD SYS JUST AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM IND, THE ACFT HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF HYD SYS A. CREW ACCOMPLISHED ALL CHKLISTS AND ABNORMAL PROCS. LNDG GEAR HAD TO BE MANUALLY EXTENDED. PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN BY DOING A TWR FLY-BY TO CHK GEAR POS AND EMER VEHICLES WERE REQUESTED TO STAND BY. NORMAL LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED, CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER AND NO EVAC WAS NECESSARY. PERSONNEL AT IND TWR WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND WERE A GREAT HELP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.