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Upon preparing their B737NG for the arrival at svmi the flight crew discovered that the FMS database did not contain the VOR DME B approach.

Attributes
ACN	920002
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SVMI.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Navigation Database
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Preparing for the VOR DME B to runway 28 we had the approach plate but no approach in the FMS. The FMS had an RNAV Y and RNAV west but we did not have the paper plates for these. The navigation data base had a current data change status. I'm not sure where the missing link is. We did a raw data approach to VOR DME 28 in VMC conditions. This was the arrival that the airport was ultimately using.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Upon preparing their B737NG for the arrival at SVMI the flight crew discovered that the FMS database did not contain the VOR DME B approach.

Narrative: Preparing for the VOR DME B to Runway 28 we had the approach plate but no approach in the FMS. The FMS had an RNAV Y and RNAV W but we did not have the paper plates for these. The navigation data base had a current data change status. I'm not sure where the missing link is. We did a raw data approach to VOR DME 28 in VMC conditions. This was the arrival that the airport was ultimately using.

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.