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Attributes | |
ACN | 943496 |
Time | |
Date | 201103 |
Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | B757-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Parked |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Navigation Database |
Person 1 | |
Function | Technician |
Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
Person 2 | |
Function | Other / Unknown |
Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
I was assigned to do an engineering request for a navigation database load on a B757-200 aircraft. It was a top priority. The next navigation cycle started seven days later. The database I loaded would be switched for use on that date by the flight crew. This was the first time I loaded a B757 database. I went thru three sets of navigation discs! All loads failed; the navigation disc loader said the discs were bad. We always have problems here in ZZZ loading databases; either the loader is bad or the discs are bad.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Line Mechanic and Maintenance Supervisor report about a B777 NAV database that was downloaded into a B757-200 FMC. While enroute; the Captain was checking if the dates of the NAV database were correct and noticed the first digit of the database serial number (S/N) indicated a B777 NAV data had been downloaded.
Narrative: I was assigned to do an engineering request for a NAV database load on a B757-200 aircraft. It was a top priority. The next navigation cycle started seven days later. The database I loaded would be switched for use on that date by the flight crew. This was the first time I loaded a B757 database. I went thru three sets of NAV discs! All loads failed; the NAV disc loader said the discs were bad. We always have problems here in ZZZ loading databases; either the loader is bad or the discs are bad.
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.