An A320's green hydraulic system failed after takeoff. An emergency was declared; the flight returne...

Narrative:

After takeoff; when I went to retract landing gear; we received master caution and master warning lights and audible alert. Upper ECAM and lower ECAM indicated complete loss of the green hydraulic system. Landing gear would not retract. There was loss of all items associated with loss of green hydraulics; including nosewheel steering; normal brakes; #1 thrust reverser; etc. I ran QRH and ECAM checklists. We declared emergency with departure control; and received vectors for landing runway 18 ILS approach. I notified flight attendants; operations; and briefed the passengers before landing. I told tower we would need [to be]towed off runway 18 due to loss of nosewheel steering. We flew a normal ILS approach; landing; and rollout. Fire trucks were awaiting our landing. We came to full stop on runway centerline; started the APU; and shutdown engines after the 3 minute cooling period. A tug towed us to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320's GREEN Hydraulic system failed after takeoff. An emergency was declared; the flight returned to land and after stopping on the runway was towed to the gate.

Narrative: After takeoff; when I went to retract landing gear; we received MASTER CAUTION and MASTER WARNING lights and audible alert. Upper ECAM and Lower ECAM indicated complete loss of the GREEN Hydraulic System. Landing gear would not retract. There was loss of all items associated with loss of GREEN Hydraulics; including Nosewheel Steering; Normal Brakes; #1 Thrust Reverser; etc. I ran QRH and ECAM checklists. We declared EMERGENCY with Departure Control; and received vectors for landing Runway 18 ILS Approach. I notified flight attendants; Operations; and briefed the passengers before landing. I told Tower we would need [to be]towed off Runway 18 due to loss of nosewheel steering. We flew a normal ILS approach; landing; and rollout. Fire trucks were awaiting our landing. We came to full stop on runway centerline; started the APU; and shutdown engines after the 3 minute cooling period. A Tug towed us to the gate.

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.

Attributes
ACN	968218
Time
Date	201109
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic Main System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An A320's green hydraulic system failed after takeoff. An emergency was declared; the flight returned to land and after stopping on the runway was towed to the gate.