The flight crew of an A319 diverted to a nearby airport when the lower ECAM and the first officer's ...

Attributes
ACN	978093
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Navigational Equipment and Processing
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While in cruise at FL380 the first officer's display and the lower ECAM display went blank and displayed a white diagonal line and sounded a chime. All three displays returned to normal in about 3 or 4 seconds. Then 2 seconds later the problem repeated itself. This alternating condition continued for over an hour until short final into our diversion airport.all known checklists were followed and the captain worked with maintenance control the entire time to resolve the issue. The captain elected to divert for safety as this recurring failure would make working any other system failure difficult if not impossible.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The flight crew of an A319 diverted to a nearby airport when the lower ECAM and the First Officer's flight instrument display began to cycle off and on repeatedly.

Narrative: While in cruise at FL380 the First Officer's display and the lower ECAM display went blank and displayed a white diagonal line and sounded a chime. All three displays returned to normal in about 3 or 4 seconds. Then 2 seconds later the problem repeated itself. This alternating condition continued for over an hour until short final into our diversion airport.All known checklists were followed and the Captain worked with Maintenance Control the entire time to resolve the issue. The Captain elected to divert for safety as this recurring failure would make working any other system failure difficult if not impossible.

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.

The flight crew of an A319 diverted to a nearby airport when the lower ECAM and the first officer's flight instrument display began to cycle off and on repeatedly.