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A B737 captain declared an emergency then diverted to an enroute airport after loosing a large portion of the a hydraulic system.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1092096 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201306 |
| 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 | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Hydraulic System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 18000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Lost hydraulic a system down to 12%. Called dispatch and maintenance control. In holding for our destination when we started loosing more hydraulic fluid. Declared emergency and landed at a nearby divert airport. [Kept] dispatch; maintenance; flight attendants; passengers all in the loop. Landed normally. Stopped on runway for fire trucks to look us over and taxied into gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 Captain declared an emergency then diverted to an enroute airport after loosing a large portion of the A Hydraulic system.
Narrative: Lost Hydraulic A System down to 12%. Called Dispatch and Maintenance Control. In holding for our destination when we started loosing more hydraulic fluid. Declared emergency and landed at a nearby divert airport. [Kept] Dispatch; Maintenance; flight attendants; passengers all in the loop. Landed normally. Stopped on runway for fire trucks to look us over and taxied into gate.
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.