B767 captain reports diverting and landing overweight after losing a generator in flight.

Attributes
ACN	987583
Time
Date	201201
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Generator Drive
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Used captain's emergency authority to land overweight after diverting for a lost generator.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 Captain reports diverting and landing overweight after losing a generator in flight.

Narrative: Used Captain's emergency authority to land overweight after diverting for a lost generator.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.