Air carrier aircraft declared an emergency when hydraulic system failed.

Attributes
ACN	240876
Time
Date	199305
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : clt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	240876
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

A hydraulic low quantity alert was activated after lowering the landing gear. The abnormal procedure called for a lengthy procedure, included was disarming the #1 hydraulic system which rendered the airplane to a reduced status. 1) no nosewheel steering. 2) no reverse thrust. 3) increased pressure to activate flight controls. 4) manually lowering landing gear. I declared an emergency because I requested safety equipment standing by, and I stopped on the runway which tied up the runway at clt for about 30 mins. Landing was uneventful. 1 landing gear door was damaged due to no power to retract them back into place. All checklists and procedures were accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR ACFT DECLARED AN EMER WHEN HYD SYS FAILED.

Narrative: A HYD LOW QUANTITY ALERT WAS ACTIVATED AFTER LOWERING THE LNDG GEAR. THE ABNORMAL PROC CALLED FOR A LENGTHY PROC, INCLUDED WAS DISARMING THE #1 HYD SYS WHICH RENDERED THE AIRPLANE TO A REDUCED STATUS. 1) NO NOSEWHEEL STEERING. 2) NO REVERSE THRUST. 3) INCREASED PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE FLT CTLS. 4) MANUALLY LOWERING LNDG GEAR. I DECLARED AN EMER BECAUSE I REQUESTED SAFETY EQUIP STANDING BY, AND I STOPPED ON THE RWY WHICH TIED UP THE RWY AT CLT FOR ABOUT 30 MINS. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. 1 LNDG GEAR DOOR WAS DAMAGED DUE TO NO PWR TO RETRACT THEM BACK INTO PLACE. ALL CHKLISTS AND PROCS WERE ACCOMPLISHED.

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.