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Pilot of a small aircraft attributed a runway incursion to failure of the geo-referenced; tablet display he was using for taxi.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1045781 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201210 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SBY.Airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Tablet |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 1580 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
[I] recently purchased a popular tablet computer and moving map/geo-referenced software. After receiving taxi clearance; computer locked up making geo-referenced taxiing impossible. I resorted to an approach plate diagram and proceeded to taxi. The confusion and distraction and timing of the event caused me to fail to read back my clearance and to violate a hold-short line; basic procedures I never fail to perform. No incident occurred; fortunately. I should have been prepared for a computer failure or asked for a progressive taxi. My point: these new whiz-bang gadgets are wonderful adjuncts; but result in over reliance and sloppy planning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot of a small aircraft attributed a runway incursion to failure of the geo-referenced; tablet display he was using for taxi.
Narrative: [I] recently purchased a popular tablet computer and moving map/geo-referenced software. After receiving taxi clearance; computer locked up making geo-referenced taxiing impossible. I resorted to an approach plate diagram and proceeded to taxi. The confusion and distraction and timing of the event caused me to fail to read back my clearance and to violate a hold-short line; basic procedures I never fail to perform. No incident occurred; fortunately. I should have been prepared for a computer failure or asked for a progressive taxi. My point: these new whiz-bang gadgets are wonderful adjuncts; but result in over reliance and sloppy planning.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.