Service difficulty report · Display · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
February 3, 2016
Submitted
February 5, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N245QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
145
Aircraft time
12,304 hours, 7,665 cycles
Part
Display
Part number
6229978122
Part serial
2338
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,389 hours, 847 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION ON TAKEOFF, BOTH THE PILOT SIDE PFD & MFD WENT BLACK. TWO SECONDS LATER, SMOKE BEGAN TO RISE FROM IN FRONT OF THE GLARE SHIELD. THE COPILOT PFD HAD ALL RED FLAGS. NO CBS WERE POPPED & BOTH GENERATORS REMAINED ONLINE. PERFORMED AN EMER RETURN & LANDED OVERWEIGHT AT APPROX 35,000 POUNDS.IN THE COCKPIT, AN AROMA OF SOME TYPE OF ELEC BURN. PULLED BOTH CAPTAIN'S PFD & MFD. A VERY STRONG ELEC BURN SMELL COULD BE SMELLED FROM THE CAPTAIN'S PFD. INSTALLED OVERHAULED DU PFD & MFD 1 POSITION IAW MM 34-01-13-900-801. OPS CHECK ON ALL 4 DU UNITS IAW MM 34-01-13-900-801, GOOD. NO ELEC ODOR WAS SMELLED WITH AVIONICS POWER ON & DU'S RUNNING.