An air carrier crew arriving dfw received a short notice holding clearance while deviating for WX. A...

Attributes
ACN	738719
Time
Date	200705
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : fzt.vor
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 35000
Environment
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : holding
Route In Use	arrival star : cqy
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	738719
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Weather Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Previously filed; cleared; and flying the cqy 6 arrival aex transition. Reduced speed and deviating south of course for en route thunderstorms. With little notice; and at approximately XA12Z received new clearance direct to capti intersection to hold as published. Both crew members heard tacke and captain read back tacke. First officer observed that there is no published hold for tacke. First officer asked captain to verify clearance with ATC. Captain attempted to do so; but due to congestion on the frequency was unable to do so in ample time. Communication with ATC finally established after flying past capti; then cleared left turn direct to capti for the published hold. More thunderstorms encountered over capti and was told by ATC to deviate as necessary and 'just hold in the area of capti.' held for some time; dfw began accepting arrs; reclred dumpy 2 arrival and landed dfw without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR CREW ARRIVING DFW RECEIVED A SHORT NOTICE HOLDING CLRNC WHILE DEVIATING FOR WX. A MISCOMMUNICATION LED THE CREW TO MISS THE HOLDING FIX ENTRY.

Narrative: PREVIOUSLY FILED; CLRED; AND FLYING THE CQY 6 ARR AEX TRANSITION. REDUCED SPD AND DEVIATING S OF COURSE FOR ENRTE TSTMS. WITH LITTLE NOTICE; AND AT APPROX XA12Z RECEIVED NEW CLRNC DIRECT TO CAPTI INTXN TO HOLD AS PUBLISHED. BOTH CREW MEMBERS HEARD TACKE AND CAPT READ BACK TACKE. FO OBSERVED THAT THERE IS NO PUBLISHED HOLD FOR TACKE. FO ASKED CAPT TO VERIFY CLRNC WITH ATC. CAPT ATTEMPTED TO DO SO; BUT DUE TO CONGESTION ON THE FREQ WAS UNABLE TO DO SO IN AMPLE TIME. COM WITH ATC FINALLY ESTABLISHED AFTER FLYING PAST CAPTI; THEN CLRED L TURN DIRECT TO CAPTI FOR THE PUBLISHED HOLD. MORE TSTMS ENCOUNTERED OVER CAPTI AND WAS TOLD BY ATC TO DEVIATE AS NECESSARY AND 'JUST HOLD IN THE AREA OF CAPTI.' HELD FOR SOME TIME; DFW BEGAN ACCEPTING ARRS; RECLRED DUMPY 2 ARR AND LANDED DFW WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.

An air carrier crew arriving dfw received a short notice holding clearance while deviating for WX. A miscommunication led the crew to miss the holding fix entry.