Flight crew of F100 has hydraulic fluid loss to primary system. Emergency declared, return and land.

Attributes
ACN	387138
Time
Date	199711
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : clt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	387138
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
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 other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Lost hydraulic fluid to primary system powering flaps, gear, flight controls, all which were switched to backup. Declared emergency, returned to field and landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF F100 HAS HYD FLUID LOSS TO PRIMARY SYS. EMER DECLARED, RETURN AND LAND.

Narrative: LOST HYD FLUID TO PRIMARY SYS POWERING FLAPS, GEAR, FLT CTLS, ALL WHICH WERE SWITCHED TO BACKUP. DECLARED EMER, RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.