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A320 first officer reported his ipad didn't charge when plugged in on the ground. This resulted in a flight being conducted with only 1 operational ipad.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1439176 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Type 1478 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Due to winds in ZZZ we were instructed to hold and the expect further clearance time was a guess from the controller. We did not have enough fuel to do even one turn in the hold so we diverted.our aircraft had only 1 QRH in it. My ipad battery deprecated to about 17% by the time we arrived in ZZZ after the diversion. I had it plugged into the tablet interface module (tim); but with the diversion I did not notice that it was not really being charged. The battery symbol showed being charged but it was not. My concern is the removal of the 2nd QRH. I think this is a glaring safety issue.relying on the ipad for safety critical information is unsafe. The ipad is a great tool; but as is the case with any computer equipment; it can lock up or lose power at the wrong time. I think it is imperative to have 2 qrhs in the cockpit at all times.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 First Officer reported his iPad didn't charge when plugged in on the ground. This resulted in a flight being conducted with only 1 operational iPad.
Narrative: Due to winds in ZZZ we were instructed to hold and the Expect Further Clearance time was a guess from the controller. We did not have enough fuel to do even one turn in the hold so we diverted.Our aircraft had only 1 QRH in it. My iPad battery deprecated to about 17% by the time we arrived in ZZZ after the diversion. I had it plugged into the Tablet Interface Module (TIM); but with the diversion I did not notice that it was not really being charged. The battery symbol showed being charged but it was not. My concern is the removal of the 2nd QRH. I think this is a glaring safety issue.Relying on the iPad for safety critical information is unsafe. The iPad is a great tool; but as is the case with any computer equipment; it can lock up or lose power at the wrong time. I think it is imperative to have 2 QRHs in the cockpit at all times.
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.