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M20 pilot reports departing on an IFR flight plan in VMC with one battery completely discharged. This caused some loaded information in the right screen to be compromised then the left screen malfunctioned. Later in flight it caused all navigation and communication to malfunction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1038678 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201208 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DAB.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | M-20 B/C Ranger |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | DC Battery |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 1900 Flight Crew Type 1600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
[I] picked up airplane after a completed annual. Firm had run down battery 2 during annual which had caused some loaded information in the right screen to be compromised. This caused left screen to malfunction. Later in flight it caused all navigation and communication to malfunction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: M20 pilot reports departing on an IFR flight plan in VMC with one battery completely discharged. This caused some loaded information in the right screen to be compromised then the left screen malfunctioned. Later in flight it caused all navigation and communication to malfunction.
Narrative: [I] picked up airplane after a completed annual. Firm had run down battery 2 during annual which had caused some loaded information in the right screen to be compromised. This caused left screen to malfunction. Later in flight it caused all navigation and communication to malfunction.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.