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A pilot reported that the navigation database confused the VOR identifier mgm with a heliport known by the same name.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1377365 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Navigation Database |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
In efb jeppfd-pro; our route included mgm VOR. When I enter it in the route section; it recognizes it as a heliport (TS23) near austin tx. It appears the heliport is also named mgm with TS23 as its identifier. Jepp needs to either change the name of the heliport; or have the jeppfd-pro default to identifiers rather than to names.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot reported that the navigation database confused the VOR identifier MGM with a heliport known by the same name.
Narrative: In EFB JeppFD-Pro; our route included MGM VOR. When I enter it in the route section; it recognizes it as a Heliport (TS23) near Austin TX. It appears the heliport is also named MGM with TS23 as its identifier. Jepp needs to either change the name of the heliport; or have the JeppFD-Pro default to identifiers rather than to names.
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.