Md-11 first officer and maintenance technician reported the FMC was loaded with the wrong type of ai...

Attributes
ACN	1441407
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Avionics Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance

Narrative:

Release stated that maintenance had installed new FMS load for MD11. We did not notice that aircraft was loaded with wrong FMS load until 3 hours into flight; only that the database was current. Manually loaded points for arrival and approach in sbkp; uneventful.we missed that this aircraft was erroneously loaded with the 757 database for its FMS. Pilot handbook says to check current dates but says nothing about checking the specific load too (load is even 'X'ed out in the example diagram). Only in a small section in the fom (flight operations manual) does it mention to do this; and with over 20+ years together on this aircraft; we had never heard of this event ever happening; much less experienced it.1. Load the correct database for the specific aircraft.2. Continuing complaint that we should not have to look multiple places for standard procedures; too easy for something to be missed! The full and correct procedure should be in the pilot handbook.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-11 First Officer and Maintenance Technician reported the FMC was loaded with the wrong type of aircraft data. This mistake was not noticed until the aircraft was already in flight.

Narrative: Release stated that maintenance had installed new FMS load for MD11. We did not notice that aircraft was loaded with wrong FMS load until 3 hours into flight; only that the database was current. Manually loaded points for arrival and approach in SBKP; uneventful.We missed that this aircraft was erroneously loaded with the 757 database for its FMS. Pilot handbook says to check current dates but says nothing about checking the specific load too (load is even 'X'ed out in the example diagram). Only in a small section in the FOM (Flight Operations Manual) does it mention to do this; and with over 20+ years together on this aircraft; we had never heard of this event ever happening; much less experienced it.1. Load the correct database for the specific aircraft.2. Continuing complaint that we should not have to look multiple places for standard procedures; too easy for something to be missed! The FULL and correct procedure should be in the pilot handbook.

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Md-11 first officer and maintenance technician reported the FMC was loaded with the wrong type of aircraft data. This mistake was not noticed until the aircraft was already in flight.