Medium large transport aircraft in holding pattern made right pattern instead of left pattern as pub...

Attributes
ACN	185597
Time
Date	199108
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 29000 msl bound upper : 29000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdv
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zdv
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 215 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 1100
ASRS Report	185597
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Cleared to hold at shrew as published with 15 mi legs with efc time. Intersection depicted on chart with left turns. FMC is programmed for right turns and my CDU was giving a double image. I plugged in all information except left turn. Copilot busy informing company of our delay. Our first circuit was a right pattern. Informed of error by ATC. Subsequent patterns were proper (to left). Contributing factors: company financial problems, alertness diminished by poor night's sleep, double image on CDU, and only 1 person listening to clearance due to other communications ongoing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ACFT IN HOLDING PATTERN MADE R PATTERN INSTEAD OF L PATTERN AS PUBLISHED.

Narrative: CLRED TO HOLD AT SHREW AS PUBLISHED WITH 15 MI LEGS WITH EFC TIME. INTXN DEPICTED ON CHART WITH L TURNS. FMC IS PROGRAMMED FOR R TURNS AND MY CDU WAS GIVING A DOUBLE IMAGE. I PLUGGED IN ALL INFO EXCEPT L TURN. COPLT BUSY INFORMING COMPANY OF OUR DELAY. OUR FIRST CIRCUIT WAS A R PATTERN. INFORMED OF ERROR BY ATC. SUBSEQUENT PATTERNS WERE PROPER (TO L). CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: COMPANY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, ALERTNESS DIMINISHED BY POOR NIGHT'S SLEEP, DOUBLE IMAGE ON CDU, AND ONLY 1 PERSON LISTENING TO CLRNC DUE TO OTHER COMS ONGOING.

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.

Medium large transport aircraft in holding pattern made right pattern instead of left pattern as published.