Service difficulty report · Display · Bombdr BD7001A10

Difficulty date
February 2, 2003
Submitted
March 25, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bombdr BD7001A10
Engine
Rroyce BR700710A220
Part
Display
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

(CAN) ON CLIMB OUT, CO-PILOT'S PRIMARY DISPLAYS LOST ALL VIDEO DATA, AND SCREENS HAD A RED X. THIS WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY THE SAME LOSS OF DATA AND RED X ON PILOT'S PRIMARY DISPLAYS. EICAS BEGAN TO FILL UP WITH NUMEROUS AMBER MESSAGES, THEN PILOT'S ANDCO-PILOT'S DISPLAYS RETURNED TO NORMAL AND ALL EICAS MESSAGES WERE GONE. THIS ALL HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS. PILOT'S WERE OVERWEIGHT FOR LANDING AND PERFORMED SOME TESTING FOR A PREVIOUS FLIGHT SNAG. APU WAS STARTED AS A PRECAUTION, AND A/C RETURNED TO MONTREAL. THERE WERE NO MORE PROBLEMS UNTIL AFTER ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN, WITH APU ON LINE. CO-PILOT'S DISPLAYS LOST VIDEO DATA WITH THE RED X AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS AMBER EICAS MESSAGES.