An EC135 pilot suffered short term loss of GPS signal due to loss of satellite reception.

Attributes
ACN	1102486
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	EMT.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Eurocopter AS 350/355/EC130 - Astar/Twinstar/Ecureuil
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 3700 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

We were cruising westbound at 2;500 MSL and lost satellite reception on the garmin 530 GPS. The satellites were re-acquired in a few minutes. No other anomalies.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EC135 pilot suffered short term loss of GPS signal due to loss of satellite reception.

Narrative: We were cruising westbound at 2;500 MSL and lost satellite reception on the GARMIN 530 GPS. The satellites were re-acquired in a few minutes. No other anomalies.

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.