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A B737-300 in climb at 10000 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to loss of captain's EFIS display, cause unknown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 505934 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwi.airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : iad.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 505934 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At rotation, captain's flight instruments became inoperative (airspeed, altimeter, flight data information on eadi). Xferred control of aircraft to first officer. While troubleshooting problem at 10000 ft, master caution light with equipment and forward cargo lights on. Concerned that water was entering lower electrical bay and that first officer would lose his instruments, so declared emergency and landed overweight at iad. Iad WX was 120vr4ra 070 degrees at 19 KTS, gusting to 35 KTS. First officer flew approach and captain landed once in visual contact with runway. Uneventful landing at 123500 pounds, 30 degrees flaps.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 IN CLB AT 10000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF CAPT'S EFIS DISPLAY, CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Narrative: AT ROTATION, CAPT'S FLT INSTS BECAME INOP (AIRSPD, ALTIMETER, FLT DATA INFO ON EADI). XFERRED CTL OF ACFT TO FO. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING PROB AT 10000 FT, MASTER CAUTION LIGHT WITH EQUIP AND FORWARD CARGO LIGHTS ON. CONCERNED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING LOWER ELECTRICAL BAY AND THAT FO WOULD LOSE HIS INSTS, SO DECLARED EMER AND LANDED OVERWT AT IAD. IAD WX WAS 120VR4RA 070 DEGS AT 19 KTS, GUSTING TO 35 KTS. FO FLEW APCH AND CAPT LANDED ONCE IN VISUAL CONTACT WITH RWY. UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT 123500 LBS, 30 DEGS FLAPS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.