MD11 flight crew reports a number 3 generator failure during climb. The generator had recently been ...

Attributes
ACN	1061643
Time
Date	201301
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	AC Generator/Alternator
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On climbout; received master caution; level 2 'electrical alerts;' level 1 sel electrical man; and gen 3 out indication. After running QRH procedures; electrical synoptic stated that 1-elec system alerts may be inoperative 2-elec panel may be partially inoperative 3-system display may be incomplete. (Elec controller in man) the QRH directed us to reference electrical panel if additional equipment failure occurred. We called maintenance to see if they had additional guidance (none). We contacted dispatch via ACARS to see if they had additional guidance.(none) after considering destination; maintenance history (recent gen 3 r+r); equipment failures and QRH guidance; we decided a return was the safest course of action.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD11 flight crew reports a Number 3 Generator failure during climb. The generator had recently been replaced by Maintenance and the crew elects to return to the departure airport.

Narrative: On climbout; received Master Caution; Level 2 'electrical alerts;' Level 1 SEL Electrical MAN; and GEN 3 out indication. After running QRH procedures; electrical synoptic stated that 1-elec system alerts may be INOP 2-elec panel may be partially INOP 3-system display may be incomplete. (ELEC controller in MAN) The QRH directed us to reference electrical panel if additional equipment failure occurred. We called Maintenance to see if they had additional guidance (none). We contacted Dispatch via ACARS to see if they had additional guidance.(none) After considering destination; Maintenance history (recent GEN 3 r+r); equipment failures and QRH guidance; we decided a return was the safest course of action.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

MD11 flight crew reports a number 3 generator failure during climb. The generator had recently been replaced by maintenance and the crew elects to return to the departure airport.