What happened
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On 2 April, republic flight 1436 was enroute to omaha, NE from Denver, CO when the aircraft diverted back to Denver for a hydraulic failure. The aircraft landed without incident, however an emergency was declared. The following text is the pilot's narrative of events. Incident type: flight-crew-submitter-incidentreport number: 1144LAST name: escofirst name: brianjob title: captainevent date-time: 2011-04-02 16:00:00ZAIRCRAFT type: ERJ-170TAIL number: N871RWFLIGHT number: 1436DEPARTURE: den/kdenarrival: oma/komanarrative: climbing out of Denver enroute to omaha, blue cyan message indicating hyd sys 2 lo qty, illuminated. We ran qrh and it was a crew awarness. Upon looking at the actual quantity gauge on the MFD, the quantity indicated 20% and was falling. I immediatly conctacted dispatch via atlanta radio and noticed the quantity was rapidly reducing. We elected to return to Denver and declared an emergency. We notified the cabin to prepare for a landing back in Denver and that it would be a normal landing. On approach quantity was indicating 0% we landed normally and stopped on the runway, at touch down hyd system 2 pressure fell off to 1400PSI and we recieved several eicas messages. After we came to a stop the pressure returned to sys 2 (not fluid) and we taxied to the gate, and notified maintence.
As the FAA filed it
ON 2 APRIL, REPUBLIC FLIGHT 1436 WAS ENROUTE TO OMAHA, NE FROM DENVER, CO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED BACK TO DENVER FOR A HYDRAULIC FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOWEVER AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS THE PILOT'S NARRATIVE OF EVENTS.INCIDENT TYPE: FLIGHT-CREW-SUBMITTER-INCIDENTREPORT NUMBER: 1144LAST NAME: ESCOFIRST NAME: BRIANJOB TITLE: CAPTAINEVENT DATE-TIME: 2011-04-02 16:00:00ZAIRCRAFT TYPE: ERJ-170TAIL NUMBER: N871RWFLIGHT NUMBER: 1436DEPARTURE: DEN/KDENARRIVAL: OMA/KOMANARRATIVE: CLIMBING OUT OF DENVER ENROUTE TO OMAHA, BLUE CYAN MESSAGE INDICATING HYD SYS 2 LO QTY, ILLUMINATED. WE RAN QRH AND IT WAS A CREW AWARNESS. UPON LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL QUANTITY GAUGE ON THE MFD, THE QUANTITY INDICATED 20% AND WAS FALLING. I IMMEDIATLY CONCTACTED DISPATCH VIA ATLANTA RADIO AND NOTICED THE QUANTITY WAS RAPIDLY REDUCING. WE ELECTED TO RETURN TO DENVER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. WE NOTIFIED THE CABIN TO PREPARE FOR A LANDING BACK IN DENVER AND THAT IT WOULD BE A NORMAL LANDING. ON APPROACH QUANTITY WAS INDICATING 0% WE LANDED NORMALLY AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY, AT TOUCH DOWN HYD SYSTEM 2 PRESSURE FELL OFF TO 1400PSI AND WE RECIEVED SEVERAL EICAS MESSAGES. AFTER WE CAME TO A STOP THE PRESSURE RETURNED TO SYS 2 (NOT FLUID) AND WE TAXIED TO THE GATE, AND NOTIFIED MAINTENCE.