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An air carrier captain reported his hou indie one RNAV SID printed chart contained a waypoint named wwell which was not in the aircraft's FMS database. That chart edition may be in error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1244548 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201503 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HOU.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | SID INDIE ONE |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aero Charts |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
We flew the indie one departure out of hou. The database had an effective date of (date) and was loaded properly. The indie one departure had an effective date of (date). On the bottom of the chart it lists no change. We later noticed that there is a fix 'wwell' between sushi and indie one the 026 at 38.8 DME. This fix was not on the legs page of the updated database. Upon landing; dispatch and hou ATC was notified of the suspected chart error. ATC said they did not depict the 'wwell' fix on their government chart and they suspected a jeppesen error. According to ATC; our database was correct and the chart incorrect. We double-checked both charts (expired and current) to verify that 'wwell' was only on the (date) effective date chart. We also found it interesting that the old and new chart are both titled indie 1 and the new chart states no changes at the bottom but has an extra fix!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Captain reported his HOU INDIE ONE RNAV SID printed chart contained a waypoint named WWELL which was not in the aircraft's FMS database. That chart edition may be in error.
Narrative: We flew the INDIE ONE Departure out of HOU. The database had an effective date of (date) and was loaded properly. The INDIE ONE Departure had an effective date of (date). On the bottom of the chart it lists no change. We later noticed that there is a fix 'WWELL' between SUSHI and INDIE ONE the 026 at 38.8 DME. This fix was not on the LEGS page of the updated database. Upon landing; Dispatch and HOU ATC was notified of the suspected chart error. ATC said they did not depict the 'WWELL' fix on their government chart and they suspected a Jeppesen error. According to ATC; our database was correct and the chart incorrect. We double-checked both charts (expired and current) to verify that 'WWELL' was only on the (date) effective date chart. We also found it interesting that the old and new chart are both titled INDIE 1 and the new chart states no changes at the bottom but has an extra fix!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.