A B767's left gen drive EICAS alerted after takeoff. While returning to land a lightening strike to ...

Narrative:

Shortly after departure passing 3000 ft EICAS message came on left gen drive. We leveled off at 10;000 ft the light went out but came back on shortly thereafter. We decided to return; ran the appropriate irregular procedure and began coordinating with dispatch; ATC; and the cabin crew. About 10 miles north of the VOR while passing near a small rain cloud we received a lighting strike on the left engine. We declared an emergency and returned to our departure airport. Both CRT screens on copilot side failed after the lightening strike and repowered after landing. Landed at 320;000 pounds gross weight. Landing was smooth and no brake temperature exceeded level 2.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767's L GEN DRIVE EICAS alerted after takeoff. While returning to land a lightening strike to the left engine caused the loss of both of the First Officers' CRTs. The crew then declared an emergency and returned to their departure airport.

Narrative: Shortly after departure passing 3000 FT EICAS message came on L GEN DRIVE. We leveled off at 10;000 FT the light went out but came back on shortly thereafter. We decided to return; ran the appropriate irregular procedure and began coordinating with Dispatch; ATC; and the cabin crew. About 10 miles north of the VOR while passing near a small rain cloud we received a lighting strike on the left engine. We declared an emergency and returned to our departure airport. Both CRT screens on copilot side failed after the lightening strike and repowered after landing. Landed at 320;000 LBS gross weight. Landing was smooth and no brake temperature exceeded level 2.

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	843182
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Generator Drive
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

A B767's left gen drive EICAS alerted after takeoff. While returning to land a lightening strike to the left engine caused the loss of both of the first officers' crts. The crew then declared an emergency and returned to their departure airport.