Funnily enough, I too had in mind the Cirrus Glass Cockpit failure as being rather more relevant example.
The failure there was a static discharge. The tripping of the Engine Management System (and therefore the loss of all data on the Engine Page of the MFD was just one of the annoyances that arrived simultaneously.
More distracting were the loud static noises on the Intercom, the fact the the ELT had tripped on, numerous circuit breakers had popped and the autopilot had cut out with the usual attendant warning beeps.
At no point did the PFD fail (AI, HSI ALT and VSI) and the nav functions of the MFD were fine, albeit that the entire screen was covered with Lightning Strike symbols.
Remembering that the first job was to fly the aircraft and prompted by the fact that the standby instruments and the PFD were in complete agreement, this was not a difficult experience. Once the CBs were pushed in and the ELT stood down, normality returned remarkably quickly, with the exception of the missing engine data.
The entire episode was more like the aeronautical equivalent of a lightbulb exploding. Very loud and impressive, but ultimately once the dust settles, nothing much has changed.
The failure there was a static discharge. The tripping of the Engine Management System (and therefore the loss of all data on the Engine Page of the MFD was just one of the annoyances that arrived simultaneously.
More distracting were the loud static noises on the Intercom, the fact the the ELT had tripped on, numerous circuit breakers had popped and the autopilot had cut out with the usual attendant warning beeps.
At no point did the PFD fail (AI, HSI ALT and VSI) and the nav functions of the MFD were fine, albeit that the entire screen was covered with Lightning Strike symbols.
Remembering that the first job was to fly the aircraft and prompted by the fact that the standby instruments and the PFD were in complete agreement, this was not a difficult experience. Once the CBs were pushed in and the ELT stood down, normality returned remarkably quickly, with the exception of the missing engine data.
The entire episode was more like the aeronautical equivalent of a lightbulb exploding. Very loud and impressive, but ultimately once the dust settles, nothing much has changed.