A misunderstanding of a holding instruction over the fwa VORTAC.

Attributes
ACN	527340
Time
Date	200110
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : fwa.vortac
State Reference	IN
Altitude	msl single value : 21000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	cruise : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 105 flight time total : 17320 flight time type : 2460
ASRS Report	527340
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Received holding clearance, but what we thought we were to do and what the controller thought we were going to do were different, and there was no published hold at the VOR to doublechk against. Controller let us know what he intended and that there was no problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MISUNDERSTANDING OF A HOLDING INSTRUCTION OVER THE FWA VORTAC.

Narrative: RECEIVED HOLDING CLRNC, BUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE TO DO AND WHAT THE CTLR THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO WERE DIFFERENT, AND THERE WAS NO PUBLISHED HOLD AT THE VOR TO DOUBLECHK AGAINST. CTLR LET US KNOW WHAT HE INTENDED AND THAT THERE WAS NO PROB.

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.