AN A300 CREW GIVEN HOLDING AT BUNTS UPON PHL ARR; FAILED TO SET L-HAND HOLDING IN THE FMC HOLD PAGE.

Date: 2005-03 · Aircraft: A300

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Synopsis

AN A300 CREW GIVEN HOLDING AT BUNTS UPON PHL ARR; FAILED TO SET L-HAND HOLDING IN THE FMC HOLD PAGE.

Narrative

WAS INITIALLY GIVEN HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR LRP. APCHING LRP; WAS GIVEN REVISED HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUNTS. THE CLRNC WAS HOLD AT BUNTS AT 13000 FT; 10 MI LEGS; EFC OF XA30. I ENTERED ALL OF THE INFO IN THE FMC AND WATCHED AS THE ACFT ENTERED THE DEPICTED HOLDING PATTERN AS EXPECTED. THE CTLR THEN CALLED AND ASKED IF WE WERE MAKING A R TURN. WE REPLIED YES; AND HE SAID COMPLETE ONE HOLD USING R TURNS BUT THEN MAKE L TURNS AS DEPICTED FOR BUNTS. I THEN REALIZED THAT I HAD NOT CHKED A CHART TO SEE IF BUNTS HAD A DEPICTED HOLDING PATTERN. I HAD ENTERED R IN THE FMC FOR A STANDARD HOLDING PATTERN. WE HAD BEEN SLIGHTLY RUSHED TO WRITE DOWN AND ENTER A REVISED CLRNC BUT THIS IS REALLY NO EXCUSE FOR THE MISTAKE. DURING THIS TIME I WAS CONSULTING THE FOM FOR AN MU CHART FOR THE ATIS RPTED BRAKING ACTION OF .18 WHICH HAD CONCERNED ME FOR THE LNDG AT PHL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 649420: THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CTLR NOT TELLING US TO HOLD AS PUBLISHED CREATED THE MISTAKE. ALSO; THERE WAS SOME COCKPIT CONFUSION DUE TO THE RWY CONDITION IN PHL.

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