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Aircraft loses hydraulic system 'a' quantity. Aircraft landed without difficulty after declaring emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 431382 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 431382 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Flight took off from rsw and flight engineer noticed that hydraulic 'a' system was leaking down. Appropriate checklists were accomplished and flight continued to ord where aircraft was landed under emergency conditions without incident or injury.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT LOSES HYD SYS 'A' QUANTITY. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY AFTER DECLARING EMER.
Narrative: FLT TOOK OFF FROM RSW AND FE NOTICED THAT HYD 'A' SYS WAS LEAKING DOWN. APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND FLT CONTINUED TO ORD WHERE ACFT WAS LANDED UNDER EMER CONDITIONS WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY.
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.