Return land mandated by loss of one of the 3 hydraulic system on an air carrier widebody transport.

Attributes
ACN	228797
Time
Date	199212
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12500
ASRS Report	228797
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff and after gear retraction, total hydraulic failure in system C. Landing gear was manually deployed for landing. No nose wheel steering necessitated a tow off runway in lax.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RETURN LAND MANDATED BY LOSS OF ONE OF THE 3 HYDRAULIC SYS ON AN ACR WDB.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF AND AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, TOTAL HYD FAILURE IN SYS C. LNDG GEAR WAS MANUALLY DEPLOYED FOR LNDG. NO NOSE WHEEL STEERING NECESSITATED A TOW OFF RWY IN LAX.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.