Md-80 flight crew was dispatched and cleared for the EMI5 STAR into bwi. Neither pilot had a paper c...

Narrative:

Flight was dispatched and clearance received for our route followed by EMI5. Enroute we both discovered that neither of us had a bwi STAR titled EMI5. After searching all of our manuals and confirming that each of us had all of our revisions current; we checked the log of effective pages and found no EMI5 listed there either. I asked washington center if this arrival was brand new or possibly about to be discontinued and the controller responded negative to both. Our FMS database did have the EMI5 arrival but the current manuals provide no STAR data for it. I informed center that we could not fly the arrival and requested a different arrival. Radar vectors were provided to a visual approach by bwi approach. After landing I called our dispatcher and informed him of the discrepancy and he said he would report it to the nav data department.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-80 flight crew was dispatched and cleared for the EMI5 STAR into BWI. Neither pilot had a paper chart nor was it listed in their company logs but their FMS had the EMI5 data. The flight crew requested and received vectors for a different arrival after informing ATC they were unable.

Narrative: Flight was dispatched and clearance received for our route followed by EMI5. Enroute we both discovered that neither of us had a BWI STAR titled EMI5. After searching all of our manuals and confirming that each of us had all of our revisions current; we checked the log of effective pages and found no EMI5 listed there either. I asked Washington Center if this arrival was brand new or possibly about to be discontinued and the Controller responded negative to both. Our FMS database did have the EMI5 arrival but the current manuals provide no STAR data for it. I informed Center that we could not fly the arrival and requested a different arrival. Radar vectors were provided to a visual approach by BWI approach. After landing I called our Dispatcher and informed him of the discrepancy and he said he would report it to the nav data department.

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.

Attributes
ACN	915559
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	BWI.Airport
State Reference	MD
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Md-80 flight crew was dispatched and cleared for the EMI5 STAR into bwi. Neither pilot had a paper chart nor was it listed in their company logs but their FMS had the EMI5 data. The flight crew requested and received vectors for a different arrival after informing ATC they were unable.