rleffler
Well Known Member
The NTSB just added some additional mandatory reporting requirements effective March 8th. One of them is
A complete loss of information, excluding flickering, from more than 50 percent of an aircraft's cockpit displays known as Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) displays, Engine Indication and Crew Alerting system (EICAS) displays, Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor (ECAM) displays, or other displays of this type, which generally include a primary flight display (PFD), primary navigation display (PND), and other integrated displays
I think that this may overwhelm them. If an experimental EFIS reboots or has any significant issues, I’m interpreting this requirement that the NTSB must be notified. I guess the technical loophole is that it states that more than 50% of the displays, so if you have two EFIS, that means you don’t have to report unless both EFIS fail
A complete loss of information, excluding flickering, from more than 50 percent of an aircraft's cockpit displays known as Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) displays, Engine Indication and Crew Alerting system (EICAS) displays, Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor (ECAM) displays, or other displays of this type, which generally include a primary flight display (PFD), primary navigation display (PND), and other integrated displays
I think that this may overwhelm them. If an experimental EFIS reboots or has any significant issues, I’m interpreting this requirement that the NTSB must be notified. I guess the technical loophole is that it states that more than 50% of the displays, so if you have two EFIS, that means you don’t have to report unless both EFIS fail