An MD80 flight crew missed a turn in the holding pattern near dfw.

Attributes
ACN	438620
Time
Date	199905
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : txo.vortac
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 29000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise : holding
Route In Use	arrival : holding pattern
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	438620
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	738621
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

ATC facility: ZFW. Location: txo, 086 degrees radial, 89 NM. Holding 40 mins at 89 NM fix. Captain on dispatch and flying, copilot on main radio and ACARS. Turned at 93 NM vice 89 NM. Supplemental information from acn 438621: captain was off radio talking to ama station relaying message to dispatch. First officer was flying and talking to ATC when a number of messages printed on ACARS. Being distracted by print-outs we went past 89 DME to 93 DME before turning outbound. Caused by first officer overload of flying, talking to ATC and ACARS printer on first officer side with captain talking on other radio and writing messages.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 FLC MISSED A TURN IN THE HOLDING PATTERN NEAR DFW.

Narrative: ATC FACILITY: ZFW. LOCATION: TXO, 086 DEGS RADIAL, 89 NM. HOLDING 40 MINS AT 89 NM FIX. CAPT ON DISPATCH AND FLYING, COPLT ON MAIN RADIO AND ACARS. TURNED AT 93 NM VICE 89 NM. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 438621: CAPT WAS OFF RADIO TALKING TO AMA STATION RELAYING MESSAGE TO DISPATCH. FO WAS FLYING AND TALKING TO ATC WHEN A NUMBER OF MESSAGES PRINTED ON ACARS. BEING DISTRACTED BY PRINT-OUTS WE WENT PAST 89 DME TO 93 DME BEFORE TURNING OUTBOUND. CAUSED BY FO OVERLOAD OF FLYING, TALKING TO ATC AND ACARS PRINTER ON FO SIDE WITH CAPT TALKING ON OTHER RADIO AND WRITING MESSAGES.

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.