Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225; Flight Crew Total 15000; Flight Crew Type 9000
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Climbing out felt thump; got immediate multiple ECAMS; ended up losing green hydraulic quantity and system. First Officer ran ECAM then backed up with FM. He spoke with Dispatch and Maintenance Control. I made decision to return; configured starting on downwind. [We were] fully configured; on speed; all checklist completed by 5 miles. Uneventful visual landing and differential braking. [We] had coordinated early for tow to gate.
Climbing through FL200 felt thump; ECAM came on for green low hydraulic pressure; resulting from complete loss of green hydraulic quantity. Eventual ECAM settled on low green hydraulic quantity. Captain directed me to run ECAM. Shut off PTU and engine 1 hydraulic pump as per ECAM. Completed ECAM and talked with Dispatch and Maintenance Control. Completed ECAM and backed up with checklist; followed up with Landing Distance checklist; gravity gear extension checklist; and tow in checklist. Captain flew 13 NM straight in; full flaps uneventful as per FM guidance.
A319 flight crew experiences a thump climbing through FL200 followed quickly by an ECAM for Green Hydraulic quantity low level. After ECAM actions Captain elects to return to departure airport for an uneventful landing using a gravity gear extension.