An A320 crew reported a hydraulic G rsvr lo lvl ECAM during descent. An emergency was declared follo...

Attributes
ACN	866977
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic Main System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 192 Flight Crew Total 16500 Flight Crew Type 4900
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 450
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Descending to FL340 we got a green hydraulic low level reservoir level ECAM. Captain accomplished ECAM actions. I was flying the airplane. Flight manual was also used; including performance landing distance computation. An emergency was declared with center. Request for the long runway was issued to approach control. Captain coordinated with company and flight attendants for our arrival. Manual gear extension was accomplished at 170 KIAS. Slight buffet and higher wind noise was experienced from open gear doors throughout landing phase. Green hydraulic fluid level did recover slightly after gear down. Normal approach/landing. We stopped the aircraft abeam intersection 'K.' APU was started and engines were shutdown. We remained on the runway awaiting tow in to gate approximate landing weight was 125;000 pounds. Maintenance truck that met us on runway with the super tug observed hydraulic fluid leaking from the left engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 crew reported a HYD G RSVR LO LVL ECAM during descent. An emergency was declared followed by a normal descent; approach; and tow to the gate. Hydraulic fluid was seen dripping from the left engine.

Narrative: Descending to FL340 we got a Green Hydraulic Low Level Reservoir Level ECAM. Captain accomplished ECAM actions. I was flying the airplane. Flight Manual was also used; including performance landing distance computation. An emergency was declared with Center. Request for the long Runway was issued to Approach Control. Captain coordinated with Company and Flight Attendants for our arrival. Manual gear extension was accomplished at 170 KIAS. Slight buffet and higher wind noise was experienced from open gear doors throughout landing phase. Green Hydraulic fluid level did recover slightly after gear down. Normal approach/landing. We stopped the aircraft abeam intersection 'K.' APU was started and engines were shutdown. We remained on the runway awaiting tow in to gate Approximate landing weight was 125;000 LBS. Maintenance truck that met us on runway with the super tug observed hydraulic fluid leaking from the left engine.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

An A320 crew reported a hydraulic G rsvr lo lvl ECAM during descent. An emergency was declared followed by a normal descent; approach; and tow to the gate. Hydraulic fluid was seen dripping from the left engine.