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A B777 flight crew preparing for a VMC autoland was unable to access and review the operations manual guidance on their ipads. The reporter feels sole reliance on electronic media for such data is 'foolhardy.'
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1229202 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Tablet |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
I had my company issued ipad in the ram mount and was using jepp FD pro for the STAR and subsequent approach. Since we were planning a VMC autoland; I wanted to quickly review the callouts in [the electronic flight manual [efm]. However; when I selected [that content]; I got the blue screen. I tried going back to the home page; then back to [efm]; no joy. Also tried going back to jepp FD pro and back to [the efm]; also no joy. I didn't have time to turn the ipad off and back on since we were given an unexpected runway and it got busy. When I got caught up I tried [the efm] again and after at least five minutes of the blue screen; it worked normally (albeit slowly) again. I should add that the bunky's ipad also hung up.fortunately; we have paper approach plates; but we have no paper [operational manuals]. What if we had an emergency and needed to access the manuals immediately? It is true that much FM information is also available on the ecl [electronic check list]; but the forward and lower screens are in use for other displays in this phase of flight; and the fom and [other manuals] are not displayable on the aircraft screens. The sole reliance upon electronic media for these documents is foolhardy.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 flight crew preparing for a VMC autoland was unable to access and review the Operations Manual guidance on their iPads. The reporter feels sole reliance on electronic media for such data is 'foolhardy.'
Narrative: I had my company issued iPad in the Ram mount and was using Jepp FD Pro for the STAR and subsequent approach. Since we were planning a VMC autoland; I wanted to quickly review the callouts in [the Electronic Flight Manual [EFM]. However; when I selected [that content]; I got the blue screen. I tried going back to the home page; then back to [EFM]; no joy. Also tried going back to Jepp FD Pro and back to [the EFM]; also no joy. I didn't have time to turn the iPad off and back on since we were given an unexpected runway and it got busy. When I got caught up I tried [the EFM] again and after at least five minutes of the blue screen; it worked normally (albeit slowly) again. I should add that the bunky's iPad also hung up.Fortunately; we have paper approach plates; but we have no paper [operational manuals]. What if we had an emergency and needed to access the manuals immediately? It is true that much FM information is also available on the ECL [Electronic Check List]; but the forward and lower screens are in use for other displays in this phase of flight; and the FOM and [other manuals] are not displayable on the aircraft screens. The sole reliance upon electronic media for these documents is foolhardy.
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.