An A300 ECAM alerted low green hydraulic system fluid so an emergency was declared enroute in order ...

Attributes
ACN	1047237
Time
Date	201211
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic Main System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 4200 Flight Crew Type 500
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 24 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

We had an ECAM alert for low hydraulic fluid in the green system. We then followed all procedures. The captain made a crew coordinated decision to contact center and declare an emergency. It was made clear to them that the emergency situation would impact only approach and landing at our destination and that further enroute assistance was not needed at that time. We needed specific handling at our destination and I felt that the sooner ATC knew about it the better because it involved not being able to exit the runway; and had our situation worsened at any time; controllers would have some insight into our initial aircraft malfunction and impacts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 ECAM alerted low Green Hydraulic System fluid so an emergency was declared enroute in order to allow the destination airport time to prepare for their arrival and being disabled on the runway.

Narrative: We had an ECAM alert for low hydraulic fluid in the Green System. We then followed all procedures. The Captain made a crew coordinated decision to contact Center and declare an emergency. It was made clear to them that the emergency situation would impact only Approach and Landing at our destination and that further enroute assistance was not needed at that time. We needed specific handling at our destination and I felt that the sooner ATC knew about it the better because it involved not being able to exit the runway; and had our situation worsened at any time; controllers would have some insight into our initial aircraft malfunction and impacts.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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 A300 ECAM alerted low green hydraulic system fluid so an emergency was declared enroute in order to allow the destination airport time to prepare for their arrival and being disabled on the runway.