Narrative:

During climb on the fll 9 departure, thunder transition, at approximately 1600 ft, the first officer's EFIS pfd went blank and the first officer's navigation display picked up the signal, flashed several times and went blank. Simultaneously, an acrid electrical burning smell entered the cockpit. We turned off the first officer pfd and navigation display, then pulled the associated circuit breakers. The smell subsided after approximately 5 mins. We declared an emergency and diverted to miami for our overweight landing. The landing was uneventful. We had ground crash fire rescue equipment confirm no smoke and had them follow us to the gate. Passenger were briefed and disembarked uneventfully upon gate arrival.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 IN CLB AT 16000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO FO'S PFD FAILURE WITH ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR.

Narrative: DURING CLB ON THE FLL 9 DEP, THUNDER TRANSITION, AT APPROX 1600 FT, THE FO'S EFIS PFD WENT BLANK AND THE FO'S NAV DISPLAY PICKED UP THE SIGNAL, FLASHED SEVERAL TIMES AND WENT BLANK. SIMULTANEOUSLY, AN ACRID ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL ENTERED THE COCKPIT. WE TURNED OFF THE FO PFD AND NAV DISPLAY, THEN PULLED THE ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS. THE SMELL SUBSIDED AFTER APPROX 5 MINS. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO MIAMI FOR OUR OVERWT LNDG. THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. WE HAD GND CFR CONFIRM NO SMOKE AND HAD THEM FOLLOW US TO THE GATE. PAX WERE BRIEFED AND DISEMBARKED UNEVENTFULLY UPON GATE ARR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.