Medium large transport has hydraulic quantity warning light activate.

Attributes
ACN	279011
Time
Date	199407
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	279011
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

#1 system low hydraulic quantity warning while en route. Complied with appropriate immediate procedures. Quantity stopped decreasing. During arrival phase, instead of utilizing alternate flap and landing gear procedures per manual, captain instructed to utilize remaining hydraulic fluid to extend flaps and lower gear normally. Also, taxied in instead of stopping on runway for tow in as per procedure. All successful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG HAS HYD QUANTITY WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATE.

Narrative: #1 SYS LOW HYD QUANTITY WARNING WHILE ENRTE. COMPLIED WITH APPROPRIATE IMMEDIATE PROCS. QUANTITY STOPPED DECREASING. DURING ARR PHASE, INSTEAD OF UTILIZING ALTERNATE FLAP AND LNDG GEAR PROCS PER MANUAL, CAPT INSTRUCTED TO UTILIZE REMAINING HYD FLUID TO EXTEND FLAPS AND LOWER GEAR NORMALLY. ALSO, TAXIED IN INSTEAD OF STOPPING ON RWY FOR TOW IN AS PER PROC. ALL SUCCESSFUL.

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.