<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1349885, April 2016

B767-300 first officer reported losing the flight director command bars shortly after takeoff; but regaining them when the autopilot was turned on.

Attributes
ACN	1349885
Time
Date	201604
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flight Director
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Immediately after takeoff above 400 feet AGL; the first officer's flight director bars disappeared. Turned off then on; but no bars still. Started the right turn on the departure and cleaned up the aircraft normally. Captain (pilot monitoring) suggested to engage the ap. Did; and the FD bars re-appeared; corrected back to course and continued the departure. Was left of the magenta line to the first point on the departure; but it calls for a right turn direct about 520 feet AGL; which was complied with. Norcal handed us to oakland ARTCC and the flight continued. Right FD operated normally for the rest of the flight; however; made a maintenance logbook entry as it did momentarily fail.strangely after 15 years of instruction to remove automation if need be; this time; by adding automation; the system corrected itself.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 First Officer reported losing the Flight Director command bars shortly after takeoff; but regaining them when the autopilot was turned on.

Narrative: Immediately after takeoff above 400 feet AGL; the First Officer's Flight Director bars disappeared. Turned off then on; but no bars still. Started the right turn on the departure and cleaned up the aircraft normally. Captain (pilot monitoring) suggested to engage the AP. Did; and the FD bars re-appeared; corrected back to course and continued the departure. Was left of the magenta line to the first point on the departure; but it calls for a right turn direct about 520 feet AGL; which was complied with. NORCAL handed us to Oakland ARTCC and the flight continued. Right FD operated normally for the rest of the flight; however; made a Maintenance logbook entry as it did momentarily fail.Strangely after 15 years of instruction to remove automation if need be; this time; by adding automation; the system corrected itself.

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.