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Captain of a B737-200 exceeded the holding fix boundary during holding due to distraction by a conversation with a cabin attendant.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 439810 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : jst.vortac |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 28000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zob.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : holding |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : j152.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 439810 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to assigned airspace |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were holding on J152 at miroy, as published with 15 mi legs. While outbound a flight attendant came up to the cockpit and the captain who was flying started conversing with him. I was doing fuel computations to determine how long we could hold. When I looked up we had flown to 18 DME on the non-holding side of jst. I quickly pointed this out to the captain who then made a turn back toward the holding pattern. Because of slant range mileage we were probably not that far out of the holding pattern. I asked the controller (ZOB) if there was a problem and he replied, no.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B737-200 EXCEEDED THE HOLDING FIX BOUNDARY DURING HOLDING DUE TO DISTR BY A CONVERSATION WITH A CABIN ATTENDANT.
Narrative: WE WERE HOLDING ON J152 AT MIROY, AS PUBLISHED WITH 15 MI LEGS. WHILE OUTBOUND A FLT ATTENDANT CAME UP TO THE COCKPIT AND THE CAPT WHO WAS FLYING STARTED CONVERSING WITH HIM. I WAS DOING FUEL COMPUTATIONS TO DETERMINE HOW LONG WE COULD HOLD. WHEN I LOOKED UP WE HAD FLOWN TO 18 DME ON THE NON-HOLDING SIDE OF JST. I QUICKLY POINTED THIS OUT TO THE CAPT WHO THEN MADE A TURN BACK TOWARD THE HOLDING PATTERN. BECAUSE OF SLANT RANGE MILEAGE WE WERE PROBABLY NOT THAT FAR OUT OF THE HOLDING PATTERN. I ASKED THE CTLR (ZOB) IF THERE WAS A PROB AND HE REPLIED, NO.
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.