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A md-80 flight crew lost a generator on climbout. They declared an emergency and returned to their departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 802060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : zzz.vortac |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 15000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 802060 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out from ZZZ; experienced electrical problems (left generator off/aircraft xtie lockout). Started APU while initiating QRH procedures. Returned to ZZZ with uneventful landing. No damage to aircraft. No harm to crew or passenger. Maintenance took aircraft OTS due to history of electrical problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MD-80 FLT CREW LOST A GENERATOR ON CLIMBOUT. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THEIR DEPARTURE AIRPORT.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT FROM ZZZ; EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBS (L GENERATOR OFF/ACFT XTIE LOCKOUT). STARTED APU WHILE INITIATING QRH PROCS. RETURNED TO ZZZ WITH UNEVENTFUL LNDG. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT. NO HARM TO CREW OR PAX. MAINT TOOK ACFT OTS DUE TO HISTORY OF ELECTRICAL PROBS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.