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Wide body flight crew experienced a generator drive failure at FL340 and elected to return to their departure airport rather than continue across the pacific.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 956220 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Generator Drive |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 2400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
While we were climbing the captain and I noticed the lights flicker. A few minutes later we noticed the rt gen drive and control EICAS messages. We ran the the checklist. After a discussion with dispatch; we decided that a return to our departure airport was the safest course of action.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Wide body flight crew experienced a generator drive failure at FL340 and elected to return to their departure airport rather than continue across the Pacific.
Narrative: While we were climbing the Captain and I noticed the lights flicker. A few minutes later we noticed the RT GEN DRIVE and control EICAS messages. We ran the the checklist. After a discussion with Dispatch; we decided that a return to our departure airport was the safest course of action.
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.