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An A300 crew, leveling at FL290, experienced a hydraulic fluid loss, spawning an emergency return to mia with an overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 553007 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200207 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 270 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Fog |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | observation : observer |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time total : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 553007 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical inflight encounter other non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : reporter |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Leveling at FL290, lost all 'B' hydraulic quantity. Followed ECAM action and returned to mia, landing overweight, and declaring an emergency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300 CREW, LEVELING AT FL290, EXPERIENCED A HYD FLUID LOSS, SPAWNING AN EMER RETURN TO MIA WITH AN OVERWT LNDG.
Narrative: LEVELING AT FL290, LOST ALL 'B' HYD QUANTITY. FOLLOWED ECAM ACTION AND RETURNED TO MIA, LNDG OVERWT, AND DECLARING AN EMER.
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.