Loss of hydraulic fluid causes a return land and overweight landing.

Attributes
ACN	303294
Time
Date	199505
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	303294
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

In sum: hydraulic fluid loss. Aircraft 767-200, takeoff weight 294432 pounds, 131 passenger. Just about to level FL370. EICAS message 'hydraulic quantity.' status page 'hydraulic quantity left 25.' followed procedure in QRH. Made 180 degrees back to lax. Aircraft was 13000 pounds overweight at 283000 pounds. Maximum landing weight 270000 pounds. Very smooth landing at lax. Sink rate at touchdown 100 FPM.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LOSS OF HYD FLUID CAUSES A RETURN LAND AND OVERWT LNDG.

Narrative: IN SUM: HYD FLUID LOSS. ACFT 767-200, TKOF WT 294432 LBS, 131 PAX. JUST ABOUT TO LEVEL FL370. EICAS MESSAGE 'HYD QUANTITY.' STATUS PAGE 'HYD QUANTITY L 25.' FOLLOWED PROC IN QRH. MADE 180 DEGS BACK TO LAX. ACFT WAS 13000 LBS OVERWT AT 283000 LBS. MAX LNDG WT 270000 LBS. VERY SMOOTH LNDG AT LAX. SINK RATE AT TOUCHDOWN 100 FPM.

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.