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MD11 aircraft lost #3 hydraulic fluid during climb from foreign airport. Flight crew returned to departure airport uneventfully after lowering landing gear manually. Return land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 346675 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rjtg |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 27000 msl bound upper : 27000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic enroute : pacific enroute airway : rjtg |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 346675 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Climbing through 27000 ft lost fluid in #3 hydraulic system. Declared emergency, dumped fuel to maximum landing weight, cleared direct to nrt, on approach lowered landing gear manually and landed without incident. Landing weight 436000 pounds, 4000 pounds under maximum landing weight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD11 ACFT LOST #3 HYD FLUID DURING CLB FROM FOREIGN ARPT. FLC RETURNED TO DEP ARPT UNEVENTFULLY AFTER LOWERING LNDG GEAR MANUALLY. RETURN LAND.
Narrative: CLBING THROUGH 27000 FT LOST FLUID IN #3 HYD SYS. DECLARED EMER, DUMPED FUEL TO MAX LNDG WT, CLRED DIRECT TO NRT, ON APCH LOWERED LNDG GEAR MANUALLY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. LNDG WT 436000 LBS, 4000 LBS UNDER MAX LNDG WT.
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.