A320
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 215; Flight Crew Total 17375; Flight Crew Type 3800
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
Normal operation regarding pushback and taxi for takeoff. No abnormal indications and checklists completed without interruption. On gear retraction; felt strong vibration in the rudder pedals and knew the gear doors remained open. ECAM showed the loss of the green hydraulics followed by an overheat of the yellow hydraulic system. Captain performed the ECAM procedures while I flew the aircraft and dealt with ATC. We declared an emergency and returned to [the departure airport]. We landed without any trouble. We were then towed to the gate after emergency personnel checked the aircraft
On climbout; lost green hydraulic system followed minutes later with yellow hydraulic system overheat. First Officer flew plane and talked to ATC while I ran ecams checklists. Declared emergency with ATC and returned to [the departure airport]. We landed without problem. I had already advised ATC that we would be staying on runway after landing as we had no nose wheel steering. Emergency personnel checked airplane and allowed us to be towed. Tow team towed us back to the gate.
The Pilots of a A320 described a green hydraulic system fluid loss accompanied by a yellow hydraulic system overheat. An emergency was declared and a successful landing was completed at the departure airport.