An air carrier B757 flight crew lost their left hydraulic system fluid shortly after takeoff. They declared an emergency and returned to the airport for a successful landing.

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Attributes
ACN	388500
Time
Date	199712
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 3500
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	388500
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	388499
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After gear retraction EICAS message, left hydraulic quantity. Left hydraulic quantity indicated zero. Maintained aircraft confign, declared emergency and returned to land. Gear and flap operation normal. Landing normal. Parked aircraft on taxiway, shut down left engine. Had ground crash fire rescue equipment crew inspect aircraft as smoke was reported coming from left gear. Taxied aircraft to gate with crash fire rescue equipment crew following close behind since no fire or damage was found other than residual hydraulic leak and smoke which both subsided shortly after aircraft was parked.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B757 FLC LOST THEIR L HYD SYS FLUID SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. THEY DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE ARPT FOR A SUCCESSFUL LNDG.

Narrative: AFTER GEAR RETRACTION EICAS MESSAGE, L HYD QUANTITY. L HYD QUANTITY INDICATED ZERO. MAINTAINED ACFT CONFIGN, DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND. GEAR AND FLAP OP NORMAL. LNDG NORMAL. PARKED ACFT ON TXWY, SHUT DOWN L ENG. HAD GND CFR CREW INSPECT ACFT AS SMOKE WAS RPTED COMING FROM L GEAR. TAXIED ACFT TO GATE WITH CFR CREW FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND SINCE NO FIRE OR DAMAGE WAS FOUND OTHER THAN RESIDUAL HYD LEAK AND SMOKE WHICH BOTH SUBSIDED SHORTLY AFTER ACFT WAS PARKED.

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.