Service difficulty report · Circuit Card · Cessna 180J

Difficulty date
March 14, 2004
Submitted
October 22, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7687K
Make and model
Cessna 180J
Aircraft serial
18052703
Engine
Cont IO470*
Part
Circuit Card
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Display
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING THE SOFTWARE FOR THE EFIS-SV SYSTEM IAW SB WSB IDU-III-6. THE NEW DATA WAS LOADED ONTO THE SMART MEDIA CARDS AND THE CARDS WERE THEN INSTALLED IN THE INTEGRATED DISPLAY UNITS (2 EA.) UPON INITIALIZATION OF THE SOFTWARE UPLOAD, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND COULD NOT BE REINITIALIZED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO RELOAD THE UPGRADE ONTO THE CARDS AND THEN UPLOAD THE INFORMATION INTO THE SYSTEM, THE SMART MEDIA CARDS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW, THE INFORMATION DOWNLOADED ONTO THE CARDS, AND THE SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY REBOOTED AND FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.

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