An MD11 crewmember; jumpseating back home on the aircraft he flew in; learned the database on the ai...

Attributes
ACN	920949
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Laptop Computer (performance planning etc.)
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 18000 Flight Crew Type 1200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During the preflight I noticed the performance computer was very troublesome to boot up; the first officer had to restart it several times to get it to operate properly. It worked normally after data was loaded and we operated the flight to destination. I was catching a ride home on the jumseat on the same aircraft. The operating crew of that flight noticed that the database of the computer was out of date by almost a year to the month. I think the troublesome start up of the laptop may have distracted us from noticing the out of date database.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD11 crewmember; jumpseating back home on the aircraft he flew in; learned the database on the aircraft Performance computer was out of date by nearly a full year.

Narrative: During the preflight I noticed the Performance computer was very troublesome to boot up; the First Officer had to restart it several times to get it to operate properly. It worked normally after data was loaded and we operated the flight to destination. I was catching a ride home on the jumseat on the same aircraft. The operating crew of that flight noticed that the database of the computer was out of date by almost a year to the month. I think the troublesome start up of the laptop may have distracted us from noticing the out of date database.

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.

An MD11 crewmember; jumpseating back home on the aircraft he flew in; learned the database on the aircraft performance computer was out of date by nearly a full year.