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A320 captain experiences a blue hydraulic pump overheat during initial climb and elects to return to the departure airport for an overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1171869 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201405 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Hydraulic System Pump |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During the beginning of cruise climb passing 12;500 MSL ECAM of blue hydraulic system overheat/fault. PF assumed radio functions. PNF completed ECAM action and QRH procedures for the failure and overweight landing. Since the blue system is critical to flight safety reference flight control redundancy and emergency power generation; I [we] elected to return and declared and emergency with approach as a precaution. Dispatch notified by ATC per my request and subsequent ACARS message when time permitted. Normal overweight approach and landing. After wheel/brake inspection by crash fire rescue equipment we taxied to the gate and swapped aircraft. Normal flight ensued. The blue hydraulic pump overheated/faulted and shutdown during initial cruise climb. Maintenance offered the fault is usually a precursor to failure mode of that pump.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain experiences a blue hydraulic pump overheat during initial climb and elects to return to the departure airport for an overweight landing.
Narrative: During the beginning of cruise climb passing 12;500 MSL ECAM of blue hydraulic system overheat/fault. PF assumed radio functions. PNF completed ECAM action and QRH procedures for the failure and overweight landing. Since the blue system is critical to flight safety reference flight control redundancy and emergency power generation; I [we] elected to return and declared and emergency with Approach as a precaution. Dispatch notified by ATC per my request and subsequent ACARS message when time permitted. Normal overweight approach and landing. After wheel/brake inspection by CFR we taxied to the gate and swapped aircraft. Normal flight ensued. The blue hydraulic pump overheated/faulted and shutdown during initial cruise climb. Maintenance offered the fault is usually a precursor to failure mode of that pump.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.