Narrative:

During a turn to intercept the localizer in IMC conditions; the captain's pfd and nd failed; the auto throttle and auto pilot disconnected; and all windows of the mode control panel went blank. The captain transferred aircraft control to me. During the control transfer my flight director failed and I immediately monitored raw data and attempted to get the aircraft stabilized to no avail. The captain directed a go-around when suddenly my pfd and nd failed. I utilized the standby attitude indicator to initiate the go around when simultaneously the aircraft wags [windshear alert guidance system] computer began annunciating a wind shear warning accompanied by a significant loss of aircraft performance. I performed an escape maneuver with the aid of the standby flight instruments. The captain declared an emergency and we successfully climbed out of the shear and diverted to an airport where; from previous discussion en route; we had determined the weather was VMC. While enroute I transferred aircraft control to the captain and commenced normal PNF duties; requested single frequency handling and arff to monitor our arrival. Mindful of our deteriorating fuel state the captain requested ATC to advise the tower to expect us to land opposite direction on runway 28 [vice their active runway 10]. Shortly thereafter; the tower activated the runway 28 ILS and the captain flew an idle ld/max visual approach to an uneventful; normal landing. I believe this event occurred due to a random mechanical failure in conjunction with unpredictable atmospheric phenomena. Recurrence of such an event is unlikely; but I would strongly recommend pilots have a review of pitch and power settings for their respective aircraft while attending recurrent training.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Just as they were about to intercept the localizer in IMC the flight crew of an MD-83 suffered the loss of first the Captain's PFD; ND; autothrottles and MCP panel and; after passing control to the First Officer; his PFD and ND failed as well. A go-around was initiated on standby instruments during which they encountered a windshear alert warning accompanied by associated significant performance degradation. An ATC assisted diversion to another airport for a fuel mandated downwind emergency landing was nearly an anticlimactic conclusion.

Narrative: During a turn to intercept the localizer in IMC conditions; the Captain's PFD and ND failed; the auto throttle and auto pilot disconnected; and all windows of the mode control panel went blank. The Captain transferred aircraft control to me. During the control transfer my flight director failed and I immediately monitored raw data and attempted to get the aircraft stabilized to no avail. The Captain directed a go-around when suddenly my PFD and ND failed. I utilized the standby attitude indicator to initiate the go around when simultaneously the aircraft WAGS [Windshear Alert Guidance System] computer began annunciating a wind shear warning accompanied by a significant loss of aircraft performance. I performed an escape maneuver with the aid of the standby flight instruments. The Captain declared an emergency and we successfully climbed out of the shear and diverted to an airport where; from previous discussion en route; we had determined the weather was VMC. While enroute I transferred aircraft control to the Captain and commenced normal PNF duties; requested single frequency handling and ARFF to monitor our arrival. Mindful of our deteriorating fuel state the Captain requested ATC to advise the tower to expect us to land opposite direction on Runway 28 [vice their active runway 10]. Shortly thereafter; the Tower activated the Runway 28 ILS and the Captain flew an idle LD/Max visual approach to an uneventful; normal landing. I believe this event occurred due to a random mechanical failure in conjunction with unpredictable atmospheric phenomena. Recurrence of such an event is unlikely; but I would strongly recommend pilots have a review of pitch and power settings for their respective aircraft while attending recurrent training.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.