PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 5000; Flight Crew Type 25
Workload; Confusion; Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Environment - Non Weather Related; Equipment / Tooling; Procedure
Rated Helicopter Pilot was conducting solo; DAY; VFR cross-country flight in pursuit of Single Engine Land Airplane add on rating. Pilot was using iPad2; with iOS7; and ForeFlight for cross country navigation assistance. After 1.5 hours of in-flight usage; the iPad shutdown with an 'over heat' caution. Pilot continued with the standard VFR paper sectional chart. iPad was being 'charged' in flight with a cigarette lighter USB panel conversion. Limited research in the INTERNET suggested the iPad might have been charging at 5 amps verse the recommended 2.1 amps. This was probably OK for a short while; but not recommended for more than an hour or so. In the future; the pilot plans to use a portable Smartphone/iPad battery recharger instead of the panel mounted USB device.
A PA-32 pilot reported his iPad overheated and shutdown while being charged on a USB cigarette light adapter 5 AMPS verse 2.1.