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A B767-300 crew reports declaring an emergency and returning to land after a hydraulic pressure low EICAS alerted a hydraulic system failure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 812045 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : private pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 21100 flight time type : 3100 |
| ASRS Report | 812045 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11900 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 812046 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During climb; the left hydraulic low pressure light illuminated with associated EICAS message. We performed the QRH checklist and discussed the problem with dispatch and maintenance. We decided to return to ZZZ. An emergency was declared with ATC and we landed ZZZ overweight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 CREW REPORTS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNING TO LAND AFTER A HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW EICAS ALERTED A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE.
Narrative: DURING CLB; THE L HYD LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED EICAS MESSAGE. WE PERFORMED THE QRH CHKLIST AND DISCUSSED THE PROB WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT. WE DECIDED TO RETURN TO ZZZ. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH ATC AND WE LANDED ZZZ OVERWT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.