An air carrier first officer reported his ipad ram mount dislodged from the side window on departure...

Attributes
ACN	1077488
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cockpit Furnishing
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

[We were] passing through 5;500 MSL on the RNAV departure; the first officer flying. I had just complied with the altitude restriction of 5;000A and we were at approximately 5;500 MSL when my ram mount separated from the side window. I was startled as it landed on my shoulder and as I tried to brace/catch it; the aircraft banked right of course. After regaining control of the ipad and the aircraft I noticed we were slightly right of the track. I corrected immediately. ATC did not mention anything and shortly cleared us directly to the next waypoint. This is mount separation resulted with full compliance during preflight of the new company procedure for adhering the ram mount to the window after cleaning and wiping clean before installation. This is the second mount separation I have seen in one week. This one affected safety of flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier First Officer reported his iPad Ram Mount dislodged from the side window on departure so that while attempting to capture it he had a slight track deviation on the RNAV departure.

Narrative: [We were] passing through 5;500 MSL on the RNAV departure; the First Officer flying. I had just complied with the altitude restriction of 5;000A and we were at approximately 5;500 MSL when my Ram Mount separated from the side window. I was startled as it landed on my shoulder and as I tried to brace/catch it; the aircraft banked right of course. After regaining control of the iPad and the aircraft I noticed we were slightly right of the track. I corrected immediately. ATC did not mention ANYTHING and shortly cleared us directly to the next waypoint. This is mount separation resulted with full compliance during preflight of the new company procedure for adhering the Ram Mount to the window after cleaning and wiping clean before installation. This is the second mount separation I have seen in one week. This one affected safety of flight.

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.

An air carrier first officer reported his ipad ram mount dislodged from the side window on departure so that while attempting to capture it he had a slight track deviation on the RNAV departure.