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First officer of a B777 failed to enter the holding pattern in the correct direction during arrival due to programming the flight director in error. ARTCC controller noticed the error and provided vectors to correct the problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 474020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | intersection : pivot |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 474020 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist controller : issued alert other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
ATC facility: ZAU at pivot intersection. Location: pivot intersection near ord. We were given last min holding instructions on a clear day arriving ord. Had the relief pilot call dispatch to beg for relief because we had little fuel to delay. First officer was flying and set up the hold while I calculated fuel available and communicated with ATC. First officer entered the radial/turn direction in the wrong line. He entered it as inbound course and turn. We, of course, held in the mirror image of the actual clearance. As we crossed the fix after 1 turn, I noticed the error -- so did the controller who vectored us around 1 more hold before a clearance to ord was given. Problem was simply an unexpected occurrence with 1 person doing a task without sufficient backup because we were all busy at the same time at the end of an international trip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A B777 FAILED TO ENTER THE HOLDING PATTERN IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION DURING ARR DUE TO PROGRAMMING THE FLT DIRECTOR IN ERROR. ARTCC CTLR NOTICED THE ERROR AND PROVIDED VECTORS TO CORRECT THE PROB.
Narrative: ATC FACILITY: ZAU AT PIVOT INTXN. LOCATION: PIVOT INTXN NEAR ORD. WE WERE GIVEN LAST MIN HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS ON A CLR DAY ARRIVING ORD. HAD THE RELIEF PLT CALL DISPATCH TO BEG FOR RELIEF BECAUSE WE HAD LITTLE FUEL TO DELAY. FO WAS FLYING AND SET UP THE HOLD WHILE I CALCULATED FUEL AVAILABLE AND COMMUNICATED WITH ATC. FO ENTERED THE RADIAL/TURN DIRECTION IN THE WRONG LINE. HE ENTERED IT AS INBOUND COURSE AND TURN. WE, OF COURSE, HELD IN THE MIRROR IMAGE OF THE ACTUAL CLRNC. AS WE CROSSED THE FIX AFTER 1 TURN, I NOTICED THE ERROR -- SO DID THE CTLR WHO VECTORED US AROUND 1 MORE HOLD BEFORE A CLRNC TO ORD WAS GIVEN. PROB WAS SIMPLY AN UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE WITH 1 PERSON DOING A TASK WITHOUT SUFFICIENT BACKUP BECAUSE WE WERE ALL BUSY AT THE SAME TIME AT THE END OF AN INTL TRIP.
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.