An A320 captain elected to continue flying after a generator and instrument failure. The first offic...

Narrative:

Early morning takeoff; dark; overcast. Captain was flying the aircraft in a right climbing turn after takeoff. Generator 1 and facility 1 failed; causing the captain's instruments to go blank. First officer immediately put hand back on the control stick to take control but captain immediately stated he was flying and first officer to do the ECAM; and then he states we have a generator 1 failure. Instead of transferring control of the aircraft to the pilot who has the only good instruments in front of him; the captain wants to maintain a right climbing turn by looking six feet across the cockpit at an attitude indicator the size of an orange; and then he takes his eyes off the instruments to look at the ECAM screen! Given the circumstances of low altitude with this guy wanting to perform a maneuver that is mind boggling the first officer kept his hand on the control stick ready to push the takeover command button and waited until wings level before accomplishing the ECAM.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 Captain elected to continue flying after a generator and instrument failure. The First Officer questioned this choice and prepared himself to take over flight control until stable flight was established before he performed the required ECAM actions.

Narrative: Early morning takeoff; dark; overcast. Captain was flying the aircraft in a right climbing turn after takeoff. Generator 1 and FAC 1 failed; causing the Captain's instruments to go blank. First Officer immediately put hand back on the control stick to take control but Captain immediately stated he was flying and First Officer to do the ECAM; and then he states we have a generator 1 failure. Instead of transferring control of the aircraft to the pilot who has the only good instruments in front of him; the Captain wants to maintain a right climbing turn by looking six feet across the cockpit at an attitude indicator the size of an orange; and then he takes his eyes off the instruments to look at the ECAM screen! Given the circumstances of low altitude with this guy wanting to perform a maneuver that is mind boggling the First officer kept his hand on the control stick ready to push the takeover command button and waited until wings level before accomplishing the ECAM.

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.

Attributes
ACN	872273
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	AC Generation
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

An A320 captain elected to continue flying after a generator and instrument failure. The first officer questioned this choice and prepared himself to take over flight control until stable flight was established before he performed the required ECAM actions.