<< >> NASA ASRS Report 890187, May 2010

An A320 flight crew reported conducting a flight with the efb out of date. They preflighted the aircraft but somehow missed the expiration date.

Attributes
ACN	890187
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Electronic Flt Bag (EFB)
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was advised by the flight manager that we had operated a flight with an expired efb containing old airway and performance data. Although I believe that I checked the dates against the dispatch release; it is possible that I did not recognize the expired condition. To my best recollection the release and efb dates corresponded; but that may have been different than the actual date. I did not recognize the error/series of errors that lead to the occurrence. I suggest that a higher degree of vigilance in an otherwise simple task as well as crosschecking could prevent a recurrence of this event.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 flight crew reported conducting a flight with the EFB out of date. They preflighted the aircraft but somehow missed the expiration date.

Narrative: I was advised by the Flight Manager that we had operated a flight with an expired EFB containing old airway and performance data. Although I believe that I checked the dates against the dispatch release; it is possible that I did not recognize the expired condition. To my best recollection the release and EFB dates corresponded; but that may have been different than the actual date. I did not recognize the error/series of errors that lead to the occurrence. I suggest that a higher degree of vigilance in an otherwise simple task as well as crosschecking could prevent a recurrence of this event.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.