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Air carrier captain reported ATC assigned holding fix in excess of 50nm offshore due to weather limitations. Reported added navigation system malfunctioning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1753152 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Navigational Equipment and Processing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
The scheduled flight to ZZZ1 encountered some weather and was assigned a hold at zzzzz which is around 80nm off the coast of ZZZ1. It took a while to find his actual location since software X was showing it down the coast off shore and hollowed out. I was able to find his actual location on flight aware and ran his numbers. I advised him he was well out of the 50nm range allowed; he said it was due to ATC moving him there and the crew did notify ATC. It was past the 50nm range.I had two obstacles and it was software X and ATC. Software X was incorrectly tracking the flight as being on-shore so there wasn't anything to worry about since ZZZ approach was holding most of the day for volume and ATC for putting them in a hold that was past the safe range which was 50nm.we were looking at software Y to possibly replace software X but since software X is incorrectly tracking (or not tracking) flights; something needs to be done since software X is not up to the task.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported ATC assigned holding fix in excess of 50nm offshore due to weather limitations. Reported added Navigation system malfunctioning.
Narrative: The scheduled flight to ZZZ1 encountered some weather and was assigned a hold at ZZZZZ which is around 80nm off the coast of ZZZ1. It took a while to find his actual location since Software X was showing it down the coast off shore and hollowed out. I was able to find his actual location on Flight Aware and ran his numbers. I advised him he was well out of the 50nm range allowed; he said it was due to ATC moving him there and the crew did notify ATC. It was past the 50nm range.I had two obstacles and it was Software X and ATC. Software X was incorrectly tracking the flight as being on-shore so there wasn't anything to worry about since ZZZ Approach was holding most of the day for volume and ATC for putting them in a hold that was past the safe range which was 50nm.We were looking at Software Y to possibly replace Software X but since Software X is incorrectly tracking (Or not tracking) flights; something needs to be done since Software X is not up to the task.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.