Narrative:

While flying the kaspr 1 arrival into msp, thunderstorms necessitated holding for all msp arrs. Upon intercepting the farmington 178 degree radial we were given holding instructions for a hold at kaspr intersection. The first officer wrote down the instructions and read them back to ATC. I immediately began fuel consumption computations and asked the flight engineer for the planned fuel burn to our alternate. I then asked for the flight engineer to figure our proper holding airspeed. Kaspr intersection is at the 40 DME point on the 178 degree radial. In the midst of my computations and flight engineer requests, I mistakenly thought that the hold was assigned at the banni intersection (28 DME). Upon reaching 38 DME, 2 mi past kaspr, ATC asked if we had started our turn outbound in the hold. Thinking that I still had 10 mi to go, and the first officer mistakenly thought so too, he responded 'no.' at that time, ATC told us to immediately turn right to 180 degrees. ATC also stated that kaspr intersection was 15 mi behind us. I do not know why he said this, because if we were 15 mi past kaspr, we would have been 3 mi past banni, which was where I had planned to start the hold. Nonetheless, I did miss the kaspr intersection. The mistake was discovered when ATC queried us about starting the turn. The contributing factors were my own apprehensiveness about the thunderstorms in the terminal area, and the high mental and physical (flying the airplane) demands that I placed upon myself. The most obvious corrective action would be to utilize better crew management techniques when dealing with similar sits. I should have given control of the aircraft to the first officer and verbally confirmed with him the holding instructions. After doing this, I would have been more capable of computing my expected fuel burn during the hold, as well as being able to work with the flight engineer to figure a holding speed and anticipated fuel burn to the alternate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT ACFT ON ARR WAS CLRED TO HOLD AND RPTR CAPT THOUGHT THE HOLDING FIX WAS A CLOSER DME THAN THE CLRNC AND ATC INTERVENED WHEN SEEING ACFT CONTINUE PAST HOLDING FIX.

Narrative: WHILE FLYING THE KASPR 1 ARR INTO MSP, TSTMS NECESSITATED HOLDING FOR ALL MSP ARRS. UPON INTERCEPTING THE FARMINGTON 178 DEG RADIAL WE WERE GIVEN HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HOLD AT KASPR INTXN. THE FO WROTE DOWN THE INSTRUCTIONS AND READ THEM BACK TO ATC. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN FUEL CONSUMPTION COMPUTATIONS AND ASKED THE FE FOR THE PLANNED FUEL BURN TO OUR ALTERNATE. I THEN ASKED FOR THE FE TO FIGURE OUR PROPER HOLDING AIRSPD. KASPR INTXN IS AT THE 40 DME POINT ON THE 178 DEG RADIAL. IN THE MIDST OF MY COMPUTATIONS AND FE REQUESTS, I MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THAT THE HOLD WAS ASSIGNED AT THE BANNI INTXN (28 DME). UPON REACHING 38 DME, 2 MI PAST KASPR, ATC ASKED IF WE HAD STARTED OUR TURN OUTBOUND IN THE HOLD. THINKING THAT I STILL HAD 10 MI TO GO, AND THE FO MISTAKENLY THOUGHT SO TOO, HE RESPONDED 'NO.' AT THAT TIME, ATC TOLD US TO IMMEDIATELY TURN R TO 180 DEGS. ATC ALSO STATED THAT KASPR INTXN WAS 15 MI BEHIND US. I DO NOT KNOW WHY HE SAID THIS, BECAUSE IF WE WERE 15 MI PAST KASPR, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN 3 MI PAST BANNI, WHICH WAS WHERE I HAD PLANNED TO START THE HOLD. NONETHELESS, I DID MISS THE KASPR INTXN. THE MISTAKE WAS DISCOVERED WHEN ATC QUERIED US ABOUT STARTING THE TURN. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE MY OWN APPREHENSIVENESS ABOUT THE TSTMS IN THE TERMINAL AREA, AND THE HIGH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL (FLYING THE AIRPLANE) DEMANDS THAT I PLACED UPON MYSELF. THE MOST OBVIOUS CORRECTIVE ACTION WOULD BE TO UTILIZE BETTER CREW MGMNT TECHNIQUES WHEN DEALING WITH SIMILAR SITS. I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN CTL OF THE ACFT TO THE FO AND VERBALLY CONFIRMED WITH HIM THE HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS. AFTER DOING THIS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAPABLE OF COMPUTING MY EXPECTED FUEL BURN DURING THE HOLD, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE FE TO FIGURE A HOLDING SPD AND ANTICIPATED FUEL BURN TO THE ALTERNATE.

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.