A319 captain reports being dispatched with an inoperative APU then having a generator failure late i...

Narrative:

The flight was dispatched with an inoperative APU. Weather was 008 broken with 10 SM of visibility. At approximately 100 KIAS on takeoff roll; we heard a loud snap and then my (captains) pfd screens blanked momentarily. The screens came back on; and since there were no red ECAM messages or warning horns; I told the first officer that we were continuing the takeoff. Most ECAM's on the airbus are inhibited until 1;500 ft on takeoff; and at 1;500 ft we got a gen 2 inoperative ECAM. The first officer tried a reset but the generator would not come back online. We were unable to use the APU since it was inoperative. We decided not to continue on a single electrical source; and requested vectors back to the departure airport. Approach gave us immediate vectors back and we landed without further event. Landing weight was 136.0 (max for the A319 is 137.7). We did not declare an emergency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Captain reports being dispatched with an inoperative APU then having a generator failure late in the takeoff roll. Crew elects to return to departure airport for an uneventful landing.

Narrative: The flight was dispatched with an inoperative APU. Weather was 008 BKN with 10 SM of visibility. At approximately 100 KIAS on takeoff roll; we heard a loud snap and then my (Captains) PFD screens blanked momentarily. The screens came back on; and since there were no red ECAM messages or warning horns; I told the First Officer that we were continuing the takeoff. Most ECAM's on the Airbus are inhibited until 1;500 FT on takeoff; and at 1;500 FT we got a GEN 2 INOP ECAM. The First Officer tried a reset but the generator would not come back online. We were unable to use the APU since it was inoperative. We decided not to continue on a single electrical source; and requested vectors back to the departure airport. Approach gave us immediate vectors back and we landed without further event. Landing weight was 136.0 (max for the A319 is 137.7). We did not declare an emergency.

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	963177
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	AC Generation
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A319 captain reports being dispatched with an inoperative APU then having a generator failure late in the takeoff roll. Crew elects to return to departure airport for an uneventful landing.