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An SF340 flight crew experienced right-hand AC generator caution light and after conferring with dispatch elected to return to their departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 824931 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SF 340A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | AC Generator/Alternator |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
On climbout at 11;000 ft; the right-hand AC generator caution light illuminated. The crew notified dispatch of the problem and stated they were in icing conditions. There was also icing present for the rest of the way to ZZZ. After briefly talking to maintenance; we agreed to return to ZZZ1 to get out of the icing conditions as soon as possible. ZZZ1 was reporting 70 broken and 80 overcast at the time of the mechanical failure; but ATC helped the crew descend below the cloud deck immediately and the flight landed with no further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An SF340 flight crew experienced right-hand AC Generator caution light and after conferring with dispatch elected to return to their departure airport.
Narrative: On climbout at 11;000 FT; the right-hand AC Generator caution light illuminated. The crew notified Dispatch of the problem and stated they were in icing conditions. There was also icing present for the rest of the way to ZZZ. After briefly talking to maintenance; we agreed to return to ZZZ1 to get out of the icing conditions as soon as possible. ZZZ1 was reporting 70 broken and 80 overcast at the time of the mechanical failure; but ATC helped the crew descend below the cloud deck immediately and the flight landed with no further incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.