B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Procedure
Passing FL200; Master Caution illuminated for Engine Driven Hydraulic Pump #2 Low Pressure light. QRH procedure accomplished. I decided a return to the departure airport was in order due to this aircraft's recent maintenance history of hydraulic problems. I declared an emergency and requested a return. We landed without incident. Airfield Rescue and Fire Fighters reported fluid leaking from the #2 Engine. We shut down the #2 Engine and taxied to the gate.
A B737-800 Master Caution alerted Engine Driven Hydraulic Pump #2 Low Pressure; so the QRH was completed; an emergency declared and after landing at the departure airport; the emergency crew reported a fluid leak from the engine so it was shutdown.