Flight crew of medium large transport cleared to holding pattern entered wrong way. ARTCC controller...

Attributes
ACN	195606
Time
Date	199112
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : adm airport : dfw
State Reference	OK
Altitude	msl bound lower : 22000 msl bound upper : 22000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 6550 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	195606
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	195677
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Copilot flying the aircraft with the omega which can only be coupled with capts flight director/autoplt. Both captain and first officer had tuned bridgeport VOR instead of adm VOR when instructions to hold over adm were received. Some rainshowers were in the area and between radar. Copying nondepicted holding instructions and other arrival tasks crew did not notice the omega was still flying the programmed arrival until past adm VOR. I had asked for permission to deviation around WX south of adm which probably threw the controller off. Ft worth ARTCC never asked about the holding pattern assigned over adm. They did give us 4 different efcs which added to the confusion. We were switched to another frequency approximately 30 north of bpr and south of adm before I realized the error. Mistuned vors, unmonitored omega, WX, and arrival tasking saturation in a 2 man cockpit taken care of by 2 very good ARTCC controllers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF MLG CLRED TO HOLDING PATTERN ENTERED WRONG WAY. ARTCC CTLR CORRECTED.

Narrative: COPLT FLYING THE ACFT WITH THE OMEGA WHICH CAN ONLY BE COUPLED WITH CAPTS FLT DIRECTOR/AUTOPLT. BOTH CAPT AND FO HAD TUNED BRIDGEPORT VOR INSTEAD OF ADM VOR WHEN INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD OVER ADM WERE RECEIVED. SOME RAINSHOWERS WERE IN THE AREA AND BTWN RADAR. COPYING NONDEPICTED HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS AND OTHER ARR TASKS CREW DID NOT NOTICE THE OMEGA WAS STILL FLYING THE PROGRAMMED ARR UNTIL PAST ADM VOR. I HAD ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO DEV AROUND WX S OF ADM WHICH PROBABLY THREW THE CTLR OFF. FT WORTH ARTCC NEVER ASKED ABOUT THE HOLDING PATTERN ASSIGNED OVER ADM. THEY DID GIVE US 4 DIFFERENT EFCS WHICH ADDED TO THE CONFUSION. WE WERE SWITCHED TO ANOTHER FREQ APPROX 30 N OF BPR AND S OF ADM BEFORE I REALIZED THE ERROR. MISTUNED VORS, UNMONITORED OMEGA, WX, AND ARR TASKING SATURATION IN A 2 MAN COCKPIT TAKEN CARE OF BY 2 VERY GOOD ARTCC CTLRS.

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.

Flight crew of medium large transport cleared to holding pattern entered wrong way. ARTCC controller corrected.