Narrative:

We have just switched from commercial chart #1 to commercial chart #2 products. The FMS database had just been changed to commercial chart #2 in the past week. Preflight and planning went normal. Captain loaded flight plan into FMS. Flight plan had CHEZZ2 departure. We received pre departure clearance and it had amended routing; changed to MAXXO1 departure. Captain reloaded new routing and we verified it and briefed it. Start and initial taxi were normal. Upon leaving ramp; phx ground instructed us to contact clearance delivery for a rerte. The new route 1 departure was st john's SID 3 to st john's SID J-74 irw lit. Captain stopped aircraft and loaded the new routing. We verified it. Due to being on active taxiway we were busy and departure brief was (in hindsight) not as thorough as it should have been. The WX in phx that morning was poor. It was gusty; raining and there were thunderstorms in all quadrants. Several windshear reports from arriving aircraft. We took active runway for takeoff (phx runway 7L). Captain and I commented on radar returns and possible deviation routing. Takeoff was normal; captain engaged autoplt; 'navigation and prof' at 500 ft AGL. St john's SID 3 is a 'navigation' departure. Tower instructed us to keep a B737 in sight and contact departure on 119.2 (a different frequency). Captain was looking at WX on radar. I checked in with departure and controller said 'climb to FL210.' st john's SID 3 has an initial climb limit of 7000 ft. Captain set FL210 in altitude window; I verified it. (Hindsight I forgot to clear the 'hard 7000' out of the FMS; as I was distraction by looking at WX returns on radar and performing after takeoff checklist.) because I didn't clear the 'hard 7000' the aircraft did not initiate a climb past 7000 ft. At this time aircraft had navigation'ed properly and we were on a 045 degree magnetic heading. The commercial chart #2 FMS display was different than the commercial chart #1 display we were both used to. We were both questioning the different display. I commented 'something doesn't look quite right.' about this time departure control asked 'are you climbing to FL210?' we both recognized the problem and captain performed an fcp climb. Back to the navigation problem. The aircraft should have intercepted the pxr 054 degree radial to forpe. It did not. We flew through it on a 045 degree heading. We missed it because of previously mentioned distrs. We corrected our heading to join; but departure asked us what we were doing. Bottom line: new FMS database has errors; but a more detailed departure brief probably would have ensured we caught the navigation error earlier. Never rush!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB FLT CREW SUFFERS BOTH ALT AND TRACK DEVS WHEN THE NEW MANUFACTURER DATABASE PROVES A DISTR AND ALSO FAILS TO CAPTURE A 'HDG TO A COURSE' TRANSITION ON THE ST JOHN'S DEP FROM PHX.

Narrative: WE HAVE JUST SWITCHED FROM COMMERCIAL CHART #1 TO COMMERCIAL CHART #2 PRODUCTS. THE FMS DATABASE HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL CHART #2 IN THE PAST WK. PREFLT AND PLANNING WENT NORMAL. CAPT LOADED FLT PLAN INTO FMS. FLT PLAN HAD CHEZZ2 DEP. WE RECEIVED PDC AND IT HAD AMENDED ROUTING; CHANGED TO MAXXO1 DEP. CAPT RELOADED NEW ROUTING AND WE VERIFIED IT AND BRIEFED IT. START AND INITIAL TAXI WERE NORMAL. UPON LEAVING RAMP; PHX GND INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT CLRNC DELIVERY FOR A RERTE. THE NEW RTE 1 DEP WAS ST JOHN'S SID 3 TO ST JOHN'S SID J-74 IRW LIT. CAPT STOPPED ACFT AND LOADED THE NEW ROUTING. WE VERIFIED IT. DUE TO BEING ON ACTIVE TXWY WE WERE BUSY AND DEP BRIEF WAS (IN HINDSIGHT) NOT AS THOROUGH AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE WX IN PHX THAT MORNING WAS POOR. IT WAS GUSTY; RAINING AND THERE WERE TSTMS IN ALL QUADRANTS. SEVERAL WINDSHEAR RPTS FROM ARRIVING ACFT. WE TOOK ACTIVE RWY FOR TKOF (PHX RWY 7L). CAPT AND I COMMENTED ON RADAR RETURNS AND POSSIBLE DEV ROUTING. TKOF WAS NORMAL; CAPT ENGAGED AUTOPLT; 'NAV AND PROF' AT 500 FT AGL. ST JOHN'S SID 3 IS A 'NAV' DEP. TWR INSTRUCTED US TO KEEP A B737 IN SIGHT AND CONTACT DEP ON 119.2 (A DIFFERENT FREQ). CAPT WAS LOOKING AT WX ON RADAR. I CHKED IN WITH DEP AND CTLR SAID 'CLB TO FL210.' ST JOHN'S SID 3 HAS AN INITIAL CLB LIMIT OF 7000 FT. CAPT SET FL210 IN ALT WINDOW; I VERIFIED IT. (HINDSIGHT I FORGOT TO CLR THE 'HARD 7000' OUT OF THE FMS; AS I WAS DISTR BY LOOKING AT WX RETURNS ON RADAR AND PERFORMING AFTER TKOF CHKLIST.) BECAUSE I DIDN'T CLR THE 'HARD 7000' THE ACFT DID NOT INITIATE A CLB PAST 7000 FT. AT THIS TIME ACFT HAD NAV'ED PROPERLY AND WE WERE ON A 045 DEG MAGNETIC HDG. THE COMMERCIAL CHART #2 FMS DISPLAY WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE COMMERCIAL CHART #1 DISPLAY WE WERE BOTH USED TO. WE WERE BOTH QUESTIONING THE DIFFERENT DISPLAY. I COMMENTED 'SOMETHING DOESN'T LOOK QUITE RIGHT.' ABOUT THIS TIME DEP CTL ASKED 'ARE YOU CLBING TO FL210?' WE BOTH RECOGNIZED THE PROB AND CAPT PERFORMED AN FCP CLB. BACK TO THE NAV PROB. THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE INTERCEPTED THE PXR 054 DEG RADIAL TO FORPE. IT DID NOT. WE FLEW THROUGH IT ON A 045 DEG HDG. WE MISSED IT BECAUSE OF PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DISTRS. WE CORRECTED OUR HDG TO JOIN; BUT DEP ASKED US WHAT WE WERE DOING. BOTTOM LINE: NEW FMS DATABASE HAS ERRORS; BUT A MORE DETAILED DEP BRIEF PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ENSURED WE CAUGHT THE NAV ERROR EARLIER. NEVER RUSH!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.