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B737 first officer reported ipad/efb auto updated and caused all manuals and charts to be deleted without warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1697437 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZLC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | UT |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Laptop Computer (performance planning etc.) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 103 Flight Crew Total 2195 Flight Crew Type 2195 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
While at cruise my ipad was connected to the aircraft internet and the ipad decided to auto update the content locker app which deleted all the manuals during flight. I had no notice of this from the ipad it just stated doing it. The captain had his manuals on his efb so no impact operationally however I would think there would be a safeguard for this. I wanted to report his so it does not affect other crews.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported iPad/EFB auto updated and caused all manuals and charts to be deleted without warning.
Narrative: While at cruise my iPad was connected to the aircraft internet and the iPad decided to auto update the content locker app which deleted all the manuals during flight. I had no notice of this from the iPad it just stated doing it. The Captain had his manuals on his EFB so no impact operationally however I would think there would be a safeguard for this. I wanted to report his so it does not affect other crews.
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.