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A320 suffers loss of yellow system hydraulics and fluid loss in green system. Declares emergency and diverts to nearest suitable airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 746618 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 36000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 5800 |
| ASRS Report | 746618 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
ECAM; yellow system quantity zero; loss of all hydraulic fluid followed by decreasing quantity in the green system. Declared an emergency and made fast descent into ZZZ. Landing uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 SUFFERS LOSS OF YELLOW SYSTEM HYDRAULICS AND FLUID LOSS IN GREEN SYSTEM. DECLARES EMERGENCY AND DIVERTS TO NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT.
Narrative: ECAM; YELLOW SYS QUANTITY ZERO; LOSS OF ALL HYD FLUID FOLLOWED BY DECREASING QUANTITY IN THE GREEN SYS. DECLARED AN EMER AND MADE FAST DSCNT INTO ZZZ. LNDG UNEVENTFUL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.