Service difficulty report · Display · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
October 18, 2018
Submitted
October 18, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N942AC
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B5202
Aircraft time
5,870 hours
Part
Display
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED MULTIPLE G1000 AVIONICS FAILURES SUCH AS TAWS INOP ANNUNCIATION, RANDOM CHIP DETECTOR ANNUNCIATIONS, AUTOPILOT AUTOMATICALLY DISENGAGED AND MFD FROZE UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL UPON ARRIVAL TO DESTINATION. UPON POWER-UP OF SYSTEM BY MAINTENANCE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE MFD DATABASE WAS MISSING YET THE DATABASE SD CARD WAS INSTALLED. RESET THE MFD DATABASE SD CARD AND THE SYSTEM WAS ALL NORMAL WITH NO FAILED COMPONENTS. SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH NO ISSUES.

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