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EA50 captain reported seeing incorrect depiction of tfrs on efb display.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1756493 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Eclipse 500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 4400 Flight Crew Type 145 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was enroute on an IFR flight when I observed a tfr displayed over our destination airport; delivered via ads-B into a tablet efb program. It showed as issued shortly before our flight; after I had gotten away from wifi sources for the tablet. I queried ATC who said they showed it; but it was south of the destination airport. Looking at the text of the tfr; it showed the tfr as on the 'chico VOR/DME ZZZ 080 radial at 43.3 DME.' however; the chico VOR was decommissioned in phase 1 of the FAA's reduction of vors [that started a few years ago]. The VOR was located at the field; so the radial and DME should still work without major issues; and manually drawing the fix using the airport/radial/DME showed that the center of the tfr was in fact south of our destination.I reported the incorrect rendering to the company that makes the program; but also hope that this will encourage the creators of tfrs to ensure correct information is used in their production. If decommissioned vors are used to describe tfrs; could that create issues for programs to render them? This is a good reminder to not trust the pictorial displays we see on efb programs and built-in GPS's - the text needs to be verified to ensure the location is depicted correctly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EA50 Captain reported seeing incorrect depiction of TFRs on EFB display.
Narrative: I was enroute on an IFR flight when I observed a TFR displayed over our destination airport; delivered via ADS-B into a tablet EFB program. It showed as issued shortly before our flight; after I had gotten away from WiFi sources for the tablet. I queried ATC who said they showed it; but it was south of the destination airport. Looking at the text of the TFR; it showed the TFR as on the 'Chico VOR/DME ZZZ 080 radial at 43.3 DME.' However; the Chico VOR was decommissioned in Phase 1 of the FAA's reduction of VORs [that started a few years ago]. The VOR was located at the field; so the radial and DME should still work without major issues; and manually drawing the fix using the airport/radial/DME showed that the center of the TFR was in fact south of our destination.I reported the incorrect rendering to the company that makes the program; but also hope that this will encourage the creators of TFRs to ensure correct information is used in their production. If decommissioned VORs are used to describe TFRs; could that create issues for programs to render them? This is a good reminder to not trust the pictorial displays we see on EFB programs and built-in GPS's - the text needs to be verified to ensure the location is depicted correctly.
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