Hydraulic Problems
Complete or partial failure of flight controls,
gear extension, brakes, flaps, nose wheel steering
🚨 May result in:
- Fuel Dumping
- Gear Problems
- Brake Problems
- Relatively High Speed
- Approach and Landing
⚠️ Expect
- Limited manoeuvrability
- Limited flap setting
- Limited bank angle
- Manual gear extension, no retraction possible
- Holding pattern for necessary checks
- Extended final
- Higher approach speed on final (up to 220 Kt IAS on flapless approach)
- Limited breaking capability
- Possible overrun
- RWY blocked on landing
📋 Remember
ASSIST Protocol: A ‘Acknowledge’ – S ‘Separate’ – S ‘Silence’ – I ‘Inform’ – S ‘Support’ – T ‘Time’