Complete loss of green system hydraulic quantity shortly after takeoff from dfw prompts flight crew to declare emergency and return to land after successfully completing appropriate emergency procedures.

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Attributes
ACN	622189
Time
Date	200406
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d10.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 240
ASRS Report	622189
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : hyd. quant. indicator other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Lost green system hydraulic fluid on climb out. We followed aircraft loss of green system checklist and other company SOP for this event. As a precaution, I declared an emergency, returned to departure airport (dfw) and landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMPLETE LOSS OF GREEN SYS HYD QUANTITY SHORTLY AFTER TKOF FROM DFW PROMPTS FLT CREW TO DECLARE EMER AND RETURN TO LAND AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING APPROPRIATE EMER PROCS.

Narrative: LOST GREEN SYS HYD FLUID ON CLBOUT. WE FOLLOWED ACFT LOSS OF GREEN SYS CHKLIST AND OTHER COMPANY SOP FOR THIS EVENT. AS A PRECAUTION, I DECLARED AN EMER, RETURNED TO DEP ARPT (DFW) 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.