A C500 flight crew experiences a failure of the captain's pfd during climb and elects to continue af...

Attributes
ACN	1278013
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation I (C500)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	PFD
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 1300
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1360 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

In the climb out the pilot side pfd went blank. Autopilot was then engaged. No signs were indicated in the cockpit of an impending failure prior. The pilot in command (PIC) ran through the checklist for blank pfd failure in flight. It was determined through checklist that circuit breakers were still in and avionics cooling fans were operational. Flight was continued as checklist did not suggest diversion other than to continue. At cruise flight the first officer notified me pfd number 2 had flickered. 10 seconds later pfd number 2 tube went blank. At this point PIC took controls while still under autopilot. Once again checklist was read for pfd blank screen. At this point in time to descent was 30 minutes away. PIC determined that given the visual conditions and the fact that no navigational systems had failed and no flags were present the descent and landing could be completed safely and without incident to the destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C500 Flight Crew experiences a failure of the Captain's PFD during climb and elects to continue after complying with checklist procedures. Thirty minutes later the First Officer's PFD fails. The crew continues another thirty minutes to destination in VMC and lands safely.

Narrative: In the climb out the pilot side PFD went blank. Autopilot was then engaged. No signs were indicated in the cockpit of an impending failure prior. The Pilot in Command (PIC) ran through the checklist for blank PFD failure in flight. It was determined through checklist that circuit breakers were still in and avionics cooling fans were operational. Flight was continued as checklist did not suggest diversion other than to continue. At cruise flight the First Officer notified me PFD number 2 had flickered. 10 seconds later PFD number 2 tube went blank. At this point PIC took controls while still under autopilot. Once again checklist was read for PFD blank screen. At this point in time to descent was 30 minutes away. PIC determined that given the visual conditions and the fact that no navigational systems had failed and no flags were present the descent and landing could be completed safely and without incident to the destination.

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.

A C500 flight crew experiences a failure of the captain's pfd during climb and elects to continue after complying with checklist procedures. Thirty minutes later the first officer's pfd fails. The crew continues another thirty minutes to destination in VMC and lands safely.