(2011) Service Advisory 1118 Rev A: Momentary failure indications (Red-X) can occur when sorting stored flight plans

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

All Garmin G900X, G950, G1000, Cirrus Perspective®, and Embraer Prodigy™ systems with GDU Software version 12.00 and all prior versions are affected.

DESCRIPTION

Using the ‘Sort By Comment’ function on the Flight Plan Catalog Page Menu may cause Red-X failure indications (Figure 1) to appear momentarily in some data field(s), including primary flight data fields, on the PFD(s)/MFD. The auto pilot may disconnect or cause pitch changes to capture changes in airspeed during this condition.

PILOT ACTION

Do not use the ‘Sort By Comment’ function to sort stored flight plans during flight.

RESOLUTION

Garmin plans to address this issue in a future software release