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A flight crew discovered enroute that all zan approach and airport charts were removed from their respective flight kits even though preflight checks indicated both kits onboard were current.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1118847 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201309 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAN.ARTCC |
| State Reference | AK |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aero Charts |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 16500 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Each aircraft has a flight kit for the captain and one for the first officer containing our company manuals; aircraft manuals and charts. As per our procedure part of our preflight is to check the revision card in each flight kit against those printed on our release to verify each kit is current. This was accomplished and both kits were up to date. For departure I took out my departure airport charts as well as all appropriate en-route charts. Two hours into the flight the captain asked what charts I had for alaska. I did not have our destination airport and neither did he. After combing through all charts to see if anchorage was misplaced we then realized we did not have a single plate for our destination airport even though our other alaskan charts had been updated just as recently as august 13. I went into the FMC and retrieved all the information available for the three ILS's as well as VOR information and runway length. I also used my alaska/canada high chart as well as my alaska low chart for all communication information. The captain used the sat phone to call the company and verify that our destination current and forecast weather was to remain VFR. He also had the dispatcher read all pertinent information for each ILS; confirming frequencies; inbound course; missed approach procedure; MSA's etc. As the weather at our destination was VFR and forecast to stay so we decided to continue. The flight was completed without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A flight crew discovered enroute that all ZAN approach and airport charts were removed from their respective flight kits even though preflight checks indicated both kits onboard were current.
Narrative: Each aircraft has a flight kit for the Captain and one for the First Officer containing our company manuals; Aircraft manuals and Charts. As per our procedure part of our preflight is to check the revision card in each flight kit against those printed on our release to verify each kit is current. This was accomplished and both kits were up to date. For departure I took out my departure airport charts as well as all appropriate en-route charts. Two hours into the flight the Captain asked what charts I had for Alaska. I did not have our destination airport and neither did he. After combing through all charts to see if Anchorage was misplaced we then realized we did not have a single plate for our destination airport even though our other Alaskan charts had been updated just as recently as August 13. I went into the FMC and retrieved all the information available for the three ILS's as well as VOR information and runway length. I also used my Alaska/Canada high chart as well as my Alaska Low chart for all communication information. The Captain used the SAT phone to call the company and verify that our destination current and forecast weather was to remain VFR. He also had the Dispatcher read all pertinent information for each ILS; confirming frequencies; inbound course; missed approach procedure; MSA's etc. As the weather at our destination was VFR and forecast to stay so we decided to continue. The flight was completed without incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.