Flight continuation to destination airport with only 1 generator operative. APU would not start as backup electrical source. Primary electrical supply problem.

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Attributes
ACN	249784
Time
Date	199308
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : gso
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl tower : yum
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	249784
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Loss of right generator due to feeder fault. Descended to 25000 ft to attempt start of APU. Unable to start APU due to overtemping. Continued to destination washington national with only left generator pwring captain's flight instruments in VMC conditions, with the approval of dispatch and maintenance. Overflew suitable airport of richmond and greensboro due to not being company repair sites.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CONTINUATION TO DEST ARPT WITH ONLY 1 GENERATOR OPERATIVE. APU WOULD NOT START AS BACKUP ELECTRICAL SOURCE. PRIMARY ELECTRICAL SUPPLY PROB.

Narrative: LOSS OF R GENERATOR DUE TO FEEDER FAULT. DSNDED TO 25000 FT TO ATTEMPT START OF APU. UNABLE TO START APU DUE TO OVERTEMPING. CONTINUED TO DEST WASHINGTON NATIONAL WITH ONLY L GENERATOR PWRING CAPT'S FLT INSTS IN VMC CONDITIONS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF DISPATCH AND MAINT. OVERFLEW SUITABLE ARPT OF RICHMOND AND GREENSBORO DUE TO NOT BEING COMPANY REPAIR SITES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.