Late arrival of chart revisions caused flight crew to depart without pertinent charts.

Attributes
ACN	198865
Time
Date	199201
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phx
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	198865
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On jan/thu/92 there was a major change to the airway structure around phoenix. Because my company places commercial chart revisions in our crew mail boxes and since I had a short turnaround at my base, I didn't check my mail box, I didn't have current charts when operating into and out of phoenix. We got ATC to give us a contextual readout of the appropriate arrival and departure but this placed an undue burden on ATC and could have led to a misunderstanding of the readout. I have submitted a suggestion that the company forward revisions to all stations where crew originate when revisions become effective.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LATE ARR OF CHART REVISIONS CAUSED FLC TO DEPART WITHOUT PERTINENT CHARTS.

Narrative: ON JAN/THU/92 THERE WAS A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE AIRWAY STRUCTURE AROUND PHOENIX. BECAUSE MY COMPANY PLACES COMMERCIAL CHART REVISIONS IN OUR CREW MAIL BOXES AND SINCE I HAD A SHORT TURNAROUND AT MY BASE, I DIDN'T CHK MY MAIL BOX, I DIDN'T HAVE CURRENT CHARTS WHEN OPERATING INTO AND OUT OF PHOENIX. WE GOT ATC TO GIVE US A CONTEXTUAL READOUT OF THE APPROPRIATE ARR AND DEP BUT THIS PLACED AN UNDUE BURDEN ON ATC AND COULD HAVE LED TO A MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE READOUT. I HAVE SUBMITTED A SUGGESTION THAT THE COMPANY FORWARD REVISIONS TO ALL STATIONS WHERE CREW ORIGINATE WHEN REVISIONS BECOME EFFECTIVE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.