Narrative:

After departure; at approximately 1000 ft AGL; we received a master caution EICAS advising that generator 1 was offline. The captain ran the checklist and this caused the air driven generator to deploy. No emergency was declared; and we returned and landed uneventfully.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL-65 flight crew returned to the departure airport upon suffering the loss of the #1 generator shortly after takeoff.

Narrative: After departure; at approximately 1000 FT AGL; we received a Master Caution EICAS advising that generator 1 was offline. The Captain ran the checklist and this caused the air driven generator to deploy. No emergency was declared; and we returned and landed uneventfully.

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.