Narrative:

En route from cvg to ewr, we were cleared to hold as published over slt. Because I was the PF, the captain was assuming the responsibility of programming the FMS for the hold. Instead of setting the FMS up for a hold 107 degree radial, it was inadvertently set up on the 287 degree radial. ATC caught the error before we did, noticing that we had gone past the VOR and had turned about 10 degrees to the right as the plane was attempting a teardrop entry. It was the right turn that caught my attention. This could have been prevented if I had been more involved in briefing and setting up the hold. Instead, I had just assumed control of the radios while he programmed the FMS. Likewise, he could have sought my verification of the FMS hold page prior to executing. Unfortunately, we were both a little too presumptive, and ATC caught us -- what if they had not? Supplemental information from acn 436608: just another incident due to a day filled with cancellations, WX. It, in itself, was due to the fact we did not verify with each other, a classic case of complacency.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 FLC ENTERS THE HOLDING PATTERN NEAR SLT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WITH THE INCORRECT RADIAL SET IN THEIR FMS.

Narrative: ENRTE FROM CVG TO EWR, WE WERE CLRED TO HOLD AS PUBLISHED OVER SLT. BECAUSE I WAS THE PF, THE CAPT WAS ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROGRAMMING THE FMS FOR THE HOLD. INSTEAD OF SETTING THE FMS UP FOR A HOLD 107 DEG RADIAL, IT WAS INADVERTENTLY SET UP ON THE 287 DEG RADIAL. ATC CAUGHT THE ERROR BEFORE WE DID, NOTICING THAT WE HAD GONE PAST THE VOR AND HAD TURNED ABOUT 10 DEGS TO THE R AS THE PLANE WAS ATTEMPTING A TEARDROP ENTRY. IT WAS THE R TURN THAT CAUGHT MY ATTN. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF I HAD BEEN MORE INVOLVED IN BRIEFING AND SETTING UP THE HOLD. INSTEAD, I HAD JUST ASSUMED CTL OF THE RADIOS WHILE HE PROGRAMMED THE FMS. LIKEWISE, HE COULD HAVE SOUGHT MY VERIFICATION OF THE FMS HOLD PAGE PRIOR TO EXECUTING. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE BOTH A LITTLE TOO PRESUMPTIVE, AND ATC CAUGHT US -- WHAT IF THEY HAD NOT? SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 436608: JUST ANOTHER INCIDENT DUE TO A DAY FILLED WITH CANCELLATIONS, WX. IT, IN ITSELF, WAS DUE TO THE FACT WE DID NOT VERIFY WITH EACH OTHER, A CLASSIC CASE OF COMPLACENCY.

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.