Service difficulty report · Display · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
March 29, 2013
Submitted
April 2, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653E
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft serial
1050
Aircraft time
1,205 hours
Part
Display
Part number
066012020101
Condition
Failed
Location
Instrument Panel
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEPARTED AND ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 14,500 FEET THE PILOT'S PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD) AND THE UPPER MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY (MFD) WENT BLACK WITH NO RED "X'S". ABOUT 2 SECONDS LATER THE COPILOT PFD AND LOWER MFD WENT BLACK WITH NO RED "X'S". ALL 4 SCREENS WERE BLACK FOR 3 TO 5 SECONDS AND THEN THE COPILOT PFD AND LOWER MFD CAME BACK UP AND THE PILOT PFD AND UPPER MFD CAME UP WITH RED "X'S". THE CAS WINDOW HAD "CHECK DU 1 & 2" AND "AGM1 FAIL" ABOUT 2 SECONDS LATER ALL 4 SCREENS CAME BACK AND THERE WERE NO CAS MESSAGES. THE FLIGHT PLAN CAME BACK UP ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER AND THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY BACK TO AIRPORT.