A300-600 suffers loss of elevator feel. Declares emergency and returns to departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	752439
Time
Date	200708
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 1200
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	752439
Person 2
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	752440
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam warning other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Shortly after takeoff; pitch feel system #2 failed. Pitch feel system #1 had been previously placarded inoperative. At this point the aircraft has no operating pitch feel system. I declared an emergency and returned to ZZZ for an uneventful smooth landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300-600 SUFFERS LOSS OF ELEVATOR FEEL. DECLARES EMERGENCY AND RETURNS TO DEP ARPT.

Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER TKOF; PITCH FEEL SYS #2 FAILED. PITCH FEEL SYS #1 HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PLACARDED INOP. AT THIS POINT THE ACFT HAS NO OPERATING PITCH FEEL SYS. I DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO ZZZ FOR AN UNEVENTFUL SMOOTH LNDG.

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.