<< >> NASA ASRS Report 885359, April 2010

An A320 followed ECAM procedures and returned to their departure airport following receipt of a yellow hydraulic system quantity low master caution warning.

Attributes
ACN	885359
Time
Date	201004
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	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

I was the flying pilot cruising at FL350 when we received a master caution yellow hydraulic quantity low. The captain asked me to handle the radios and fly the airplane. He proceeded with the ECAM and then followed the QRH items list. We then called dispatch and maintenance control. We returned to our departure airport and landed at 140;000 lbs.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 followed ECAM procedures and returned to their departure airport following receipt of a Yellow Hydraulic System quantity low Master Caution warning.

Narrative: I was the flying pilot cruising at FL350 when we received a Master Caution Yellow Hydraulic quantity low. The Captain asked me to handle the radios and fly the airplane. He proceeded with the ECAM and then followed the QRH items list. We then called Dispatch and Maintenance Control. We returned to our departure airport and landed at 140;000 lbs.

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.