<< >> NASA ASRS Report 554632, July 2002

A B757 flight has to return land after the aircraft loses the hydraulic fluid to its left main system after departure from dfw, tx.

Attributes
ACN	554632
Time
Date	200207
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 8000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d10.tracon tower : dfw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	554632
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Departed dfw, 8000 ft climb to 10000 ft. EICAS message 'left hydraulic quantity' -- called for quantity checklist. Checked status page. Left quantity .43, went to zero. Declared emergency, ran left system pressure checklist. Landed. Towed to gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 FLT HAS TO RETURN LAND AFTER THE ACFT LOSES THE HYD FLUID TO ITS L MAIN SYS AFTER DEP FROM DFW, TX.

Narrative: DEPARTED DFW, 8000 FT CLB TO 10000 FT. EICAS MESSAGE 'L HYD QUANTITY' -- CALLED FOR QUANTITY CHKLIST. CHKED STATUS PAGE. L QUANTITY .43, WENT TO ZERO. DECLARED EMER, RAN L SYS PRESSURE CHKLIST. LANDED. TOWED TO GATE.

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.