<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1308336, November 2015

BE36 pilot experienced GPS malfunction departing hks and was unable to comply promptly with ATC instructions while the system was rebooted.

Attributes
ACN	1308336
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	HKS.Airport
State Reference	MS
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 36
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 4433 Flight Crew Type 425
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

During departure from hks just after hand off to jan departure; experienced GPS freeze/ malfunction; confusion in rebooting resulted in slow compliance to the climb heading assigned by jan departure. ATC was frustrated with the slow incorrect turn to the assigned heading and less than prompt compliance caused by fixation and cockpit confusion.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE36 pilot experienced GPS malfunction departing HKS and was unable to comply promptly with ATC instructions while the system was rebooted.

Narrative: During departure from HKS just after hand off to JAN departure; experienced GPS freeze/ malfunction; confusion in rebooting resulted in slow compliance to the climb heading assigned by JAN departure. ATC was frustrated with the slow incorrect turn to the assigned heading and less than prompt compliance caused by fixation and cockpit confusion.

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.