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A Q400 captain reported a pfd failure in cruise at FL240. Flight continued to their destination for an uneventful landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 849659 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Q400 NextGen |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | PFD |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
While cruising at FL240 I noticed the message 'pfd mon fail' on the engine display. At the same time the #1 pfd displayed a myriad of messages. All my flight instruments were removed and replaced with red 'X's or 'XXX' fail messages. We were about half way between departure and destination airports. Maintenance; dispatch; and I concluded that it would be just as safe to continue; as it was to divert. I notified ATC of our loss of instruments per fars. We landed at the destination airport without further incident. A mechanic ran tests and corrected the issue. A failure; or unacceptable parameter from the afcs would be cause for it to be removed from giving flight information. Thus removing all flight information associated with the affected pfd.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Q400 Captain reported a PFD failure in cruise at FL240. Flight continued to their destination for an uneventful landing.
Narrative: While cruising at FL240 I noticed the message 'PFD MON FAIL' on the Engine Display. At the same time the #1 PFD displayed a myriad of messages. All my flight instruments were removed and replaced with red 'X's or 'XXX' FAIL messages. We were about half way between departure and destination airports. Maintenance; Dispatch; and I concluded that it would be just as safe to continue; as it was to divert. I notified ATC of our loss of instruments per FARs. We landed at the destination airport without further incident. A mechanic ran tests and corrected the issue. A failure; or unacceptable parameter from the AFCS would be cause for it to be removed from giving flight information. Thus removing all flight information associated with the affected PFD.
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.