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Flight crew of a widebody transport made holding turns the wrong way resulting in ARTCC controller intervention to correct the direction of their turns.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500770 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : pxt.vortac |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | msl single value : 24000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival : holding pattern arrival star : owbie two |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 500770 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course |
Narrative:
On obwie ii arrival to ewr, we were given holding at gared intersection. We entered it in FMC at gared, we turned right (default in FMC). There was no holding pattern depicted at gared. ATC said we should be turning left. There is a left depicted on the rbn arrival, but none for the obwie arrival that was in our clearance. We corrected to a left pattern. No conflict with other aircraft occurred. With no pattern shown, right turns are standard for holding.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A WDB MADE HOLDING TURNS THE WRONG WAY RESULTING IN ARTCC CTLR INTERVENTION TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF THEIR TURNS.
Narrative: ON OBWIE II ARR TO EWR, WE WERE GIVEN HOLDING AT GARED INTXN. WE ENTERED IT IN FMC AT GARED, WE TURNED R (DEFAULT IN FMC). THERE WAS NO HOLDING PATTERN DEPICTED AT GARED. ATC SAID WE SHOULD BE TURNING L. THERE IS A L DEPICTED ON THE RBN ARR, BUT NONE FOR THE OBWIE ARR THAT WAS IN OUR CLRNC. WE CORRECTED TO A L PATTERN. NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER ACFT OCCURRED. WITH NO PATTERN SHOWN, R TURNS ARE STANDARD FOR HOLDING.
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.