An A300 crew rejected a takeoff after the captain's pfd and navigation display both blanked at about...

Narrative:

During takeoff roll at approx 80 KTS; captain's primary flight display EFIS and captain's navigation display EFIS (two separate screens) went blank. Rejected takeoff initiated and both screens reilluminated immediately. Completed rejected takeoff; cleared runway and complied with all appropriate checklists and procedures. No other malfunctions or problems noted. Waited for brake temperatures to cool within allowable takeoff range; reconfigured; completed appropriate checklists and procedures and departed with no further problems. Company policy required filing a company flight safety report. Report was filed at termination of flight. There is no policy for making an aircraft maintenance logbook entry. Such momentary electrical 'glitches' and ECAM alerts are not uncommon in the A300 aircraft. However due to the fact it occurred during the early stages of the takeoff roll; a rejected takeoff was the safe thing to do.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 crew rejected a takeoff after the Captain's PFD and navigation display both blanked at about 80 KTS. The instruments returned to normal and later a second uneventful takeoff was completed.

Narrative: During takeoff roll at approx 80 KTS; Captain's primary flight display EFIS and Captain's navigation display EFIS (two separate screens) went blank. RTO initiated and both screens reilluminated immediately. Completed RTO; cleared runway and complied with all appropriate checklists and procedures. No other malfunctions or problems noted. Waited for brake temperatures to cool within allowable takeoff range; reconfigured; completed appropriate checklists and procedures and departed with no further problems. Company policy required filing a company flight safety report. Report was filed at termination of flight. There is no policy for making an aircraft maintenance logbook entry. Such momentary electrical 'glitches' and ECAM alerts are not uncommon in the A300 aircraft. However due to the fact it occurred during the early stages of the takeoff roll; a rejected takeoff was the safe thing to do.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	844496
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	PFD
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 15500 Flight Crew Type 225
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An A300 crew rejected a takeoff after the captain's pfd and navigation display both blanked at about 80 KTS. The instruments returned to normal and later a second uneventful takeoff was completed.