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A B777 dumped fuel and returned to its departure airport when the right generator failed minutes after takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 955368 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | AC Generator/Alternator |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Experience | Flight Attendant Airline Total 31 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 4 Flight Attendant Total 31 Flight Attendant Type 50 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Within one minute of liftoff the lights in the cockpit flickered and the generator control and the generator drive lights illuminated. I got out my QRH and MEL. The captain declared an emergency and requested a turn to a holding area where we could dump fuel and do our checklists. We entered holding and started the fuel dump to 600;000 pounds. We proceeded to do the generator drive right checklist. The captain did a PA and advised the flight attendants to prepare for a possible ground evacuation. We checked the charts for landing distance and go-around performance. We then did the overweight landing checklist we exited holding; asked for the equipment to be standing by and performed an uneventful overweight landing. Crash fire rescue equipment performed a visual inspection of the landing gear and brakes and found no signs of damage or overheating. We monitored the brake temperatures and taxied to a hardstand without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 dumped fuel and returned to its departure airport when the right generator failed minutes after takeoff.
Narrative: Within one minute of liftoff the lights in the cockpit flickered and the generator control and the generator drive lights illuminated. I got out my QRH and MEL. The Captain declared an emergency and requested a turn to a holding area where we could dump fuel and do our checklists. We entered holding and started the fuel dump to 600;000 LBS. We proceeded to do the generator drive R checklist. The Captain did a PA and advised the flight attendants to prepare for a possible ground evacuation. We checked the charts for landing distance and go-around performance. We then did the overweight landing checklist We exited holding; asked for the equipment to be standing by and performed an uneventful overweight landing. CFR performed a visual inspection of the landing gear and brakes and found no signs of damage or overheating. We monitored the brake temperatures and taxied to a hardstand without incident.
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.