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A widebody flight crew cleared to hold at ipsim on the nepox 1U RNAV STAR to epwa failed to note the chart insert requiring left hand turns.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 978391 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201111 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EPWA.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | FMS/FMC |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 162 Flight Crew Total 13366 Flight Crew Type 4106 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
At top of descent; ATC advised that the RVR for epwa had dropped to 190 meters and we required 450 meters for the CAT ii for runway 33. ATC asked our intentions and I advised them that we would like to hold based on forecast weather conditions. We were cleared to hold at ipsim on the nepox 1U arrival which was about one minute away. The captain was the pm and loaded the hold in the FMS. The FMS defaulted to a right hand turn holding pattern and was accepted based on there being no holding pattern depicted on the arrival. Actually the ipsim holding pattern is an inset which was under my thumb. The first officer verified the holding making the exact same mistake. After two turns in the hold; approach requested left turns per the arrival chart. We discovered the mistake. After discussing the issue with approach; ATC advised that this would not be a problem however the FMS programming should be checked because it could potentially conflict with departing aircraft. Updated weather reports indicated that the weather would not improve for approximately 12 hours. Dispatch and the captain agreed to divert to cologne.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A widebody flight crew cleared to hold at IPSIM on the NEPOX 1U RNAV STAR to EPWA failed to note the chart insert requiring left hand turns.
Narrative: At top of descent; ATC advised that the RVR for EPWA had dropped to 190 meters and we required 450 meters for the CAT II for Runway 33. ATC asked our intentions and I advised them that we would like to hold based on forecast weather conditions. We were cleared to hold at IPSIM on the NEPOX 1U arrival which was about one minute away. The Captain was the PM and loaded the hold in the FMS. The FMS defaulted to a right hand turn holding pattern and was accepted based on there being no holding pattern depicted on the arrival. Actually the IPSIM holding pattern is an inset which was under my thumb. The First Officer verified the holding making the exact same mistake. After two turns in the hold; approach requested left turns per the arrival chart. We discovered the mistake. After discussing the issue with approach; ATC advised that this would not be a problem however the FMS programming should be checked because it could potentially conflict with departing aircraft. Updated weather reports indicated that the weather would not improve for approximately 12 hours. Dispatch and the Captain agreed to divert to Cologne.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.