Narrative:

We were on the missed approach procedure for runway 26R. We were the second aircraft to miss the approach for ground fog that would last for over 1 hour. The approach frequency was very congested as well as the company frequency. Shortly after we missed the approach, the captain told me to go to company. I was off the approach frequency during most of the vectoring. When I came back to the approach control, I was told that we were to expect a hold at a fix on another runway extension. The controller then changed the fix to 'prunn' and clearly said hold 'east of prunn on the localizer at 5000 ft with left hand turns.' at this point we were intercepting the localizer. I read back the holding instructions and saw the captain building the hold in the fmcs. I looked at the screen to see where we were and I saw prunn directly in front of us, but I failed to notice the right hand turn. Moments later, I made a position report as we crossed over the fix, 'flight X, over prunn at 30 mins past the hour at 5000 ft.' the plane began its turn and the controller immediately came back, 'flight X, are you turning left?' captain took the aircraft off autoplt and said 'tell him we are turning back left now.' I said 'yes, we are turning back to the left.' then ATC said 'you have traffic ahead,' and told us 'to descend to 4000 ft and turn left to 210 degrees.' captain and I both immediately saw the air carrier Y jet and heard a traffic alert on TCASII but got no RA. We continued with vectors until we were re-established in the hold again. Factors contributing were fatigue. We started the trip on nights flying from XA00 pm to XM00 am phx time, and reversed to days flying from XM00 am to XA00 pm on the 3RD and 4TH days of the trip. We had both complained about fatigue. In the airbus fmcs, there was a standard hold at prunn in the data bank. The captain did not hear the controller say 'left hand turns' so he entered the published hold at prunn. I was so overloaded by changing back and forth between dispatch and approach, that I did not catch his mistake.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A320 FLC TURNS THE WRONG WAY IN THE HOLDING PATTERN AT PHX AND HAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER ACR MLG. PIC WAS USING THE STANDARD FORMAT AS CONTAINED WITHIN THE FMC'S DATABASE FOR A R TURN.

Narrative: WE WERE ON THE MISSED APCH PROC FOR RWY 26R. WE WERE THE SECOND ACFT TO MISS THE APCH FOR GND FOG THAT WOULD LAST FOR OVER 1 HR. THE APCH FREQ WAS VERY CONGESTED AS WELL AS THE COMPANY FREQ. SHORTLY AFTER WE MISSED THE APCH, THE CAPT TOLD ME TO GO TO COMPANY. I WAS OFF THE APCH FREQ DURING MOST OF THE VECTORING. WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE APCH CTL, I WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE TO EXPECT A HOLD AT A FIX ON ANOTHER RWY EXTENSION. THE CTLR THEN CHANGED THE FIX TO 'PRUNN' AND CLEARLY SAID HOLD 'E OF PRUNN ON THE LOC AT 5000 FT WITH L HAND TURNS.' AT THIS POINT WE WERE INTERCEPTING THE LOC. I READ BACK THE HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS AND SAW THE CAPT BUILDING THE HOLD IN THE FMCS. I LOOKED AT THE SCREEN TO SEE WHERE WE WERE AND I SAW PRUNN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US, BUT I FAILED TO NOTICE THE R HAND TURN. MOMENTS LATER, I MADE A POS RPT AS WE CROSSED OVER THE FIX, 'FLT X, OVER PRUNN AT 30 MINS PAST THE HR AT 5000 FT.' THE PLANE BEGAN ITS TURN AND THE CTLR IMMEDIATELY CAME BACK, 'FLT X, ARE YOU TURNING L?' CAPT TOOK THE ACFT OFF AUTOPLT AND SAID 'TELL HIM WE ARE TURNING BACK L NOW.' I SAID 'YES, WE ARE TURNING BACK TO THE L.' THEN ATC SAID 'YOU HAVE TFC AHEAD,' AND TOLD US 'TO DSND TO 4000 FT AND TURN L TO 210 DEGS.' CAPT AND I BOTH IMMEDIATELY SAW THE ACR Y JET AND HEARD A TFC ALERT ON TCASII BUT GOT NO RA. WE CONTINUED WITH VECTORS UNTIL WE WERE RE-ESTABLISHED IN THE HOLD AGAIN. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING WERE FATIGUE. WE STARTED THE TRIP ON NIGHTS FLYING FROM XA00 PM TO XM00 AM PHX TIME, AND REVERSED TO DAYS FLYING FROM XM00 AM TO XA00 PM ON THE 3RD AND 4TH DAYS OF THE TRIP. WE HAD BOTH COMPLAINED ABOUT FATIGUE. IN THE AIRBUS FMCS, THERE WAS A STANDARD HOLD AT PRUNN IN THE DATA BANK. THE CAPT DID NOT HEAR THE CTLR SAY 'L HAND TURNS' SO HE ENTERED THE PUBLISHED HOLD AT PRUNN. I WAS SO OVERLOADED BY CHANGING BACK AND FORTH BTWN DISPATCH AND APCH, THAT I DID NOT CATCH HIS MISTAKE.

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.