Narrative:

Upon entering the aircraft the packs were on set to the mid position doors closed. Water was present above the windscreen which I cleaned off with a paper towel. All aircraft systems were operating normally. After takeoff at about 4;000 ft the captains ehsi began blinking then went off. I transferred control of the aircraft to the first officer and took over radio communications as were in a very busy environment at the time. At about 6;000 ft the captains eadi began to blink. I did switch to alternate efi with the same results. Both eadi and ehsi then came back on and appeared normal. At FL230 it sounded as if the captain ehsi shorted out with an electrical smell that lasted about ten seconds no smoke was present. There were never any EICAS messages present. The circuit breaker (circuit breaker) popped on the ehsi at this time. The captains eadi then began to blink again so I pulled the circuit breaker as a precautionary measure. I then ran the fumes removal checklist also as a precaution even though the fumes were only temporary and had cleared on their own the check list ends with continue at the captain discretion. We then consulted dispatch and maintenance control. The decision was made that since the first officer's instruments never once had any failure indication and we were in daytime VMC and would remain VMC for the entire flight were would continue to destination [< 1 hour].

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 flight crew arrives at their aircraft for a morning departure to find the windscreen damp with condensation on the inside. It is dried with paper towels and the flight departs. Out of 4;000 FT the Captain's Electronic Flight Instruments begin to flash and eventually fail. Crew elects to continue to destination in day VMC.

Narrative: Upon entering the aircraft the packs were on set to the mid position doors closed. Water was present above the windscreen which I cleaned off with a paper towel. All aircraft systems were operating normally. After takeoff at about 4;000 FT the Captains EHSI began blinking then went off. I transferred control of the aircraft to the First Officer and took over radio communications as were in a very busy environment at the time. At about 6;000 FT the Captains EADI began to blink. I did switch to alternate EFI with the same results. Both EADI and EHSI then came back on and appeared normal. At FL230 it sounded as if the Captain EHSI shorted out with an electrical smell that lasted about ten seconds no smoke was present. There were never any EICAS messages present. The Circuit Breaker (CB) popped on the EHSI at this time. The Captains EADI then began to blink again so I pulled the CB as a precautionary measure. I then ran the Fumes Removal Checklist also as a precaution even though the fumes were only temporary and had cleared on their own the check list ends with continue at the Captain discretion. We then consulted Dispatch and Maintenance Control. The decision was made that since the First Officer's instruments never once had any failure indication and we were in daytime VMC and would remain VMC for the entire flight were would continue to destination [< 1 hour].

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.