An airbus 300 on climb out at 5000 ft diverted due to failure of the #1 integrated drive generator.

Attributes
ACN	422187
Time
Date	199812
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	422187
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

During climb out and leveling at 5000 ft, the engine #1 integrated drive generator fault light illuminated followed by an ECAM message. We disconnected the integrated drive generator and returned to ord.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 300 ON CLBOUT AT 5000 FT DIVERTED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE #1 INTEGRATED DRIVE GENERATOR.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT AND LEVELING AT 5000 FT, THE ENG #1 INTEGRATED DRIVE GENERATOR FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY AN ECAM MESSAGE. WE DISCONNECTED THE INTEGRATED DRIVE GENERATOR AND RETURNED TO ORD.

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.