<< >> NASA ASRS Report 806080, September 2008

A300 captain reports electrical failure shortly after takeoff and emergency return to departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	806080
Time
Date	200809
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	806080
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Weather
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Ground operations were all normal. After takeoff around 1500 ft AGL ECAM displayed generator #1 fault. I was PF and called for 'autoplt one to command' and told first officer to work the ECAM. He followed ECAM and tried to reset generator #1; it would not reset. He then started the APU. The APU started and the avail light was illuminated. At that time the ECAM also displayed APU generator fault. He selected the elec page and it showed the APU had 0 volts and 0 frequency. With only 1 generator operating we declared an emergency as per the aom. Center then gave us vectors back to ZZZ. The approach and landing were normal. We landed without incident. It was raining during loading and through takeoff.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 CAPT REPORTS ELECTRICAL FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER TKOF AND EMERGENCY RETURN TO DEPARTURE ARPT.

Narrative: GND OPS WERE ALL NORMAL. AFTER TKOF AROUND 1500 FT AGL ECAM DISPLAYED GENERATOR #1 FAULT. I WAS PF AND CALLED FOR 'AUTOPLT ONE TO COMMAND' AND TOLD FO TO WORK THE ECAM. HE FOLLOWED ECAM AND TRIED TO RESET GENERATOR #1; IT WOULD NOT RESET. HE THEN STARTED THE APU. THE APU STARTED AND THE AVAIL LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. AT THAT TIME THE ECAM ALSO DISPLAYED APU GENERATOR FAULT. HE SELECTED THE ELEC PAGE AND IT SHOWED THE APU HAD 0 VOLTS AND 0 FREQ. WITH ONLY 1 GENERATOR OPERATING WE DECLARED AN EMER AS PER THE AOM. CTR THEN GAVE US VECTORS BACK TO ZZZ. THE APCH AND LNDG WERE NORMAL. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT WAS RAINING DURING LOADING AND THROUGH TKOF.

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.