An A319 crew reported that at cruise the hydraulic G rsvr lo lvl ECAM alerted. An emergency was decl...

Attributes
ACN	920381
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic Main System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 2000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Cruising at FL360 we received a green hydraulic system low quantity ECAM. The ECAM procedure had us shut down the ptu and green engine hydraulic pump. After conferring with maintenance and dispatch; and realizing that we needed at least 30 minutes to run the necessary checklists; we decided to return to a maintenance station. We decided to divert because the runway in use at destination is 13;000 ft long. The weather was good; we are very familiar with the airport and we were going to need at least 30 minutes to prepare. We declared an emergency; coordinated with ATC and headed to our divert airport. We had to manually extend the gear; and had no nose wheel steering. We landed normally and came to a complete stop. The emergency response team checked the aircraft to make sure there were no hot spots or areas with fluid leaking. After clearing the aircraft; a company tug hooked up; and brought us to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 Crew reported that at cruise the HYD G RSVR LO LVL ECAM alerted. An emergency was declared; the ECAM was complied with and the flight diverted to a maintenance station.

Narrative: Cruising at FL360 we received a green hydraulic system low quantity ECAM. The ECAM procedure had us shut down the PTU and Green engine hydraulic pump. After conferring with Maintenance and Dispatch; and realizing that we needed at least 30 minutes to run the necessary checklists; we decided to return to a Maintenance Station. We decided to divert because the runway in use at destination is 13;000 FT long. The weather was good; we are very familiar with the airport and we were going to need at least 30 minutes to prepare. We declared an emergency; coordinated with ATC and headed to our divert airport. We had to manually extend the gear; and had no nose wheel steering. We landed normally and came to a complete stop. The emergency response team checked the aircraft to make sure there were no hot spots or areas with fluid leaking. After clearing the aircraft; a company tug hooked up; and brought us to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

An A319 crew reported that at cruise the hydraulic G rsvr lo lvl ECAM alerted. An emergency was declared; the ECAM was complied with and the flight diverted to a maintenance station.