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Pilot reported that the touch screen for the integrated audio system froze; severely degrading communications; causing a precautionary landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1740422 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | PFD |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 19 Flight Crew Total 2250 Flight Crew Type 170 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During IFR flight (IMC conditions) garmin gtn 650 touchscreen froze after about 10 minutes from takeoff. Radio switched from ZZZ approach to ZZZ tower; frequency used prior to departure. Knobs and buttons were operable; but could not switch frequencies or operate navigation functions from touchscreen. ZZZ tower gave me vectors and allowed descent to VMC. Broke out at 2900 ft. MSL with [the] field in sight; made [an] uneventful landing. After [the] aircraft was parked; I rebooted gtn 650; normal operation. I did not want to reboot in flight since all radios went through the gtn 650.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported that the touch screen for the integrated audio system froze; severely degrading communications; causing a precautionary landing.
Narrative: During IFR flight (IMC conditions) Garmin GTN 650 touchscreen froze after about 10 minutes from takeoff. Radio switched from ZZZ Approach to ZZZ Tower; frequency used prior to Departure. Knobs and buttons were operable; but could not switch frequencies or operate navigation functions from touchscreen. ZZZ Tower gave me vectors and allowed descent to VMC. Broke out at 2900 ft. MSL with [the] field in sight; made [an] uneventful landing. After [the] aircraft was parked; I rebooted GTN 650; normal operation. I did not want to reboot in flight since all radios went through the GTN 650.
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.