A320 captain discovers his ipad database containing charts and other necessary in flight information...

Narrative:

While at cruise altitude; I opened the company issued ipad and selected the [normal] icon. The ipad displayed the usual [company] logo but did not continue to the menu. After several tries; I shut down the ipad and restarted it. After the ipad re-booted; I again selected the [normal] icon. [The menu] did open but I found that all material was deleted. Under all menu selections; 'no content' was displayed. We reverted to single ipad procedures as per the fom. All other information on the ipad and other applications are operating normally. I notified the [duty manager] via ACARS of the inflight failure of my ipad and that I would need a replacement ipad for my next flight; as per fom. The dispatcher responded via ACARS with an authorization to operate inflight with a single ipad.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain discovers his iPad database containing charts and other necessary in flight information to be deleted. The flight continues to destination using the remaining iPad; where the faulty iPad is replaced.

Narrative: While at cruise altitude; I opened the company issued iPad and selected the [normal] icon. The iPad displayed the usual [company] logo but did not continue to the menu. After several tries; I shut down the iPad and restarted it. After the iPad re-booted; I again selected the [normal] icon. [The menu] did open but I found that all material was deleted. Under all menu selections; 'No Content' was displayed. We reverted to single iPad procedures as per the FOM. All other information on the iPad and other applications are operating normally. I notified the [Duty Manager] via ACARS of the inflight failure of my iPad and that I would need a replacement iPad for my next flight; as per FOM. The Dispatcher responded via ACARS with an authorization to operate inflight with a single iPad.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1207231
Time
Date	201409
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Tablet
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

A320 captain discovers his ipad database containing charts and other necessary in flight information to be deleted. The flight continues to destination using the remaining ipad; where the faulty ipad is replaced.