An A319 flight crew reported losing green hydraulic system. An emergency was declared; procedures ru...

Attributes
ACN	984640
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic Main System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 3950
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 2700
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

At cruise we received a hydraulic G engine pump lo press ECAM. We completed the ECAM; called dispatch and requested a phone patch with [operations]. The ptu was supplying pressure to the green system. We all agreed to continue to [destination]. On descent we received a hydraulic G rsvr lo lvl ECAM. The procedure had us shut off the ptu thus we no longer had any pressure in the green system. We declared an emergency with ATC; talked to dispatch again and requested a tug meet us after landing for we no longer had nose wheel steering. We then lowered the landing gear manually; confirmed full flaps; and made an uneventful landing. We were able to clear the runway. We set the brakes and awaited our tug. Lessons I learned from this event were even though we declared an emergency with ATC; they still gave us vectors on downwind to follow at least 2 other airplanes on final. Also even though we called dispatch and told them we needed a tug; it still took 30 minutes for a tug to come out and hook up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 flight crew reported losing Green hydraulic system. An emergency was declared; procedures run; appropriate parties notified; and a normal landing ensued. Captain mentioned even though he was an emergency aircraft ATC vectored him behind two aircraft on approach.

Narrative: At cruise we received a HYD G ENG PUMP LO PRESS ECAM. We completed the ECAM; called Dispatch and requested a phone patch with [Operations]. The PTU was supplying pressure to the Green system. We all agreed to continue to [destination]. On descent we received a HYD G RSVR LO LVL ECAM. The procedure had us shut off the PTU thus we no longer had any pressure in the Green system. We declared an emergency with ATC; talked to Dispatch again and requested a tug meet us after landing for we no longer had nose wheel steering. We then lowered the landing gear manually; confirmed full flaps; and made an uneventful landing. We were able to clear the runway. We set the brakes and awaited our tug. Lessons I learned from this event were even though we declared an emergency with ATC; they still gave us vectors on downwind to follow at least 2 other airplanes on final. Also even though we called Dispatch and told them we needed a tug; it still took 30 minutes for a tug to come out and hook up.

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 A319 flight crew reported losing green hydraulic system. An emergency was declared; procedures run; appropriate parties notified; and a normal landing ensued. Captain mentioned even though he was an emergency aircraft ATC vectored him behind two aircraft on approach.