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A saab 340B declared an emergency and returned to the field immediately after takeoff due to loss of hydraulic pressure and quantity.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 364336 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 tower : jfk tower : mkl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | SF 340B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial other other |
| Route In Use | departure other departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 550 |
| ASRS Report | 364336 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff, selected gear up, hydraulic light came on, noticed low hydraulic level/press. Performed memory items and performed procedures. Declared an emergency, returned to jfk and landed safely. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter was contacted and revealed the following details. The aircraft was a saab 340B. The hydraulic loss occurred as the gear was in-transit to the retract position. The reporter stated the use of the QRH and cockpit resource management made everything go smoothly. The reporter said this CRM training really worked.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A SAAB 340B DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF DUE TO LOSS OF HYD PRESSURE AND QUANTITY.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, SELECTED GEAR UP, HYD LIGHT CAME ON, NOTICED LOW HYD LEVEL/PRESS. PERFORMED MEMORY ITEMS AND PERFORMED PROCS. DECLARED AN EMER, RETURNED TO JFK AND LANDED SAFELY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR WAS CONTACTED AND REVEALED THE FOLLOWING DETAILS. THE ACFT WAS A SAAB 340B. THE HYD LOSS OCCURRED AS THE GEAR WAS IN-TRANSIT TO THE RETRACT POS. THE RPTR STATED THE USE OF THE QRH AND COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT MADE EVERYTHING GO SMOOTHLY. THE RPTR SAID THIS CRM TRAINING REALLY WORKED.
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.