B737-300 captain was required to install the current FMC database on initializing the FMC.

Attributes
ACN	505650
Time
Date	200103
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sjc.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : okc.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 25000
ASRS Report	505650
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

FMC navigation database out of date. Moved current navigation database to active status. Not written up in maintenance log. Route and legs verified against current charts. Basic navigation data (vors, etc) referenced throughout the flts on mar/thu/01 flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 CAPT WAS REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE CURRENT FMC DATABASE ON INITIALIZING THE FMC.

Narrative: FMC NAV DATABASE OUT OF DATE. MOVED CURRENT NAV DATABASE TO ACTIVE STATUS. NOT WRITTEN UP IN MAINT LOG. RTE AND LEGS VERIFIED AGAINST CURRENT CHARTS. BASIC NAV DATA (VORS, ETC) REFED THROUGHOUT THE FLTS ON MAR/THU/01 FLT.

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.