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B757 flight crew returns, lands, when losing their left idg generator at FL240 climbing out west of msp, mn.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 617209 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200405 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp.airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 24000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zmp.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 617209 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : generator light other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Climbing out of msp, left generator failure occurred. Return to msp. Overweight landing, emergency declared, normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 FLT CREW RETURNS, LANDS, WHEN LOSING THEIR L IDG GENERATOR AT FL240 CLBING OUT W OF MSP, MN.
Narrative: CLBING OUT OF MSP, L GENERATOR FAILURE OCCURRED. RETURN TO MSP. OVERWT LNDG, EMER DECLARED, NORMAL LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.