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Cessna 206 pilot reported the garmin G1000 GPS system has 'X-ed' out on multiple occasions from 2 seconds to several minutes at a time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1736397 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | GPS & Other Satellite Navigation |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 150 Flight Crew Type 90 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On multiple occasions heading on garmin G1000 has 'X-ed' out for 2 seconds to several minutes. This causes me to cancel my IFR training mission multiple times and return to base. I have attempted to have this issue resolved by several certified avionic technicians to no avail. After online research I have found blogs describing the same issue; so this is not happening to just me. My avionics technicians have had communication with both cessna and garmin about the issue. Apparently; both cessna and garmin are aware of this and are saying it is a software glitch. I consider this to be a 'safety of flight' issue since I could lose heading during IFR in a critical situation and it appears to be across the aviation community with garmin G1000.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cessna 206 pilot reported the Garmin G1000 GPS system has 'X-ed' out on multiple occasions from 2 seconds to several minutes at a time.
Narrative: On multiple occasions HDG on Garmin G1000 has 'X-ed' out for 2 seconds to several minutes. This causes me to cancel my IFR training mission multiple times and return to base. I have attempted to have this issue resolved by several certified avionic technicians to no avail. After online research I have found blogs describing the same issue; so this is not happening to just me. My avionics technicians have had communication with both Cessna and Garmin about the issue. Apparently; both Cessna and Garmin are aware of this and are saying it is a software glitch. I consider this to be a 'Safety of Flight' issue since I could lose HDG during IFR in a critical situation and it appears to be across the aviation community with Garmin G1000.
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.