An F100 crew, while holding for pit, experienced a loss of hydraulic quantity, diverted to cle.

Attributes
ACN	522758
Time
Date	200108
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl single value : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pit.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other vortac
Flight Phase	descent : holding landing : roll
Route In Use	arrival : holding pattern
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	522758
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Holding over pit due to low visibility at airport, we had lost our system #2 hydraulic quantity. We declared an emergency and diverted to cle. Landing was without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN F100 CREW, WHILE HOLDING FOR PIT, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF HYD QUANTITY, DIVERTED TO CLE.

Narrative: HOLDING OVER PIT DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY AT ARPT, WE HAD LOST OUR SYS #2 HYD QUANTITY. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO CLE. LNDG WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.