A319
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Other / Unknown; Workload; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft; Human Factors
Hydraulic Y failure [event; so] had equipment standing by in case of further failures upon landing. Normal landing. Terminated emergency with Tower after landing and proceeded to gate.
The Reporter stated that the Yellow Hydraulic System had an apparent complete hydraulic fluid loss because of system failure somewhere. He had no idea what failed but the aircraft had fluid all along the aircraft's fuselage after landing.
During climb; an A319 ECAM alerted HYD Y RSVR LO LVL; so an emergency was declared. After a normal landing; the emergency was terminated.