Service difficulty report · Display · Piper PA34200T

Difficulty date
September 8, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA34200T
Aircraft time
5,766 hours
Engine
Cont LTSIO360EB
Propeller
Hartzl BHCC2YF2
Part
Display
Part number
A0511000
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY`S ATTITUDE DISPLAY FAILED DURING FLIGHT. AFTER FAILURE, UPON GROUND TESTING THE PFD, IT WAS NOTICED TO HAVE ERRONEOUS AND WANDERING INDICATED AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE DISPLAY. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MFG, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EARLY VERSIONS OF THE EFD1000 WITH THE PN A-05-110-00 HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AIR DATA FAILURE AND THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE EFD1000 WITH A NEWER VERSION UNDER A DIFFERENT PN. A NEW REPLACEMENT EFD1000 WITH THE PN 910-00001-001 WAS INSTALLED AND GROUND TESTED SERVICEABLE. THE NEW EFD1000, PN 910-00001-001 IS COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING INSTALLATION STC.

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