MD80 first officer reports that forpe intersection does not load when the SJN5 from phx runway 25R i...

Narrative:

Departing phx runway 25R; st. Johns five departure. Review of the waypoints on the ground shows that forpe intersection is missing; in spite of 3 attempts to load the runway; SID; and transition. Captain and I discussed this; knowing we would be cleared direct forpe by departure. We decided we could type it in if need be. Sure enough - after takeoff; 'go direct to forpe.' when the intersection is typed into the scratchpad and moved to line 1L; it replicates itself - with a discontinuity - like this: line 1...forpe; line 2...discont; line 3...forpe; line 4...sjn (and the rest of the route). I have seen this before on a previous phx departure. I believe this is some kind of database anomaly. I have no uncertainty about the sequence of events I have described.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 First Officer reports that FORPE intersection does not load when the SJN5 from PHX Runway 25R is selected in the FMS. When manually entered it replicates itself with a route discontinuity in between.

Narrative: Departing PHX Runway 25R; St. Johns Five departure. Review of the waypoints on the ground shows that FORPE intersection is missing; in spite of 3 attempts to load the runway; SID; and transition. Captain and I discussed this; knowing we would be cleared direct FORPE by departure. We decided we could type it in if need be. Sure enough - after takeoff; 'go direct to FORPE.' When the intersection is typed into the scratchpad and moved to Line 1L; it replicates itself - with a discontinuity - like this: Line 1...FORPE; Line 2...DISCONT; Line 3...FORPE; Line 4...SJN (and the rest of the route). I have seen this before on a previous PHX departure. I believe this is some kind of database anomaly. I have no uncertainty about the sequence of events I have described.

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.

Attributes
ACN	858604
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PHX.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID SJN5
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

MD80 first officer reports that forpe intersection does not load when the SJN5 from phx runway 25R is selected in the FMS. When manually entered it replicates itself with a route discontinuity in between.