A B767 declared an emergency for generator drive indication and returned to mia.

Attributes
ACN	436865
Time
Date	199905
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : ursus
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	436865
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Location: vicinity of ursus. Generator drive light illuminated requiring a return to mia shortly after takeoff, resulting in dumping about 34000 pounds of fuel and an overweight landing at 343000 pounds. Landing uneventful, but emergency was declared nevertheless.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767 DECLARED AN EMER FOR GENERATOR DRIVE INDICATION AND RETURNED TO MIA.

Narrative: LOCATION: VICINITY OF URSUS. GENERATOR DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED REQUIRING A RETURN TO MIA SHORTLY AFTER TKOF, RESULTING IN DUMPING ABOUT 34000 LBS OF FUEL AND AN OVERWT LNDG AT 343000 LBS. LNDG UNEVENTFUL, BUT EMER WAS DECLARED NEVERTHELESS.

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.