Citation X (C750)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew FLC Overrode Automation
Chart Or Publication; Procedure; Aircraft
Received clearance from ATC to hold west over ZZZ VOR as published at FL390 with an EFC (Expected Further Clearance) of 5 minutes prior to reaching fix. When entering hold into FMS; we found that the inbound course was already preloaded as 88 degrees (hold west) so assumed that the published hold was already preloaded into FMS. In the FMS; the direction of the hold was right turns. In the 5 minutes of time prior to reaching the holding fix; both pilots attempted to find the published hold on the HI enroute charts in Jeppesen application on our iPads. We were both unable to find the published hold on the electronic enroute charts so we assumed the hold in the FMS was correct. When entering the hold; the FMS directed the autopilot to begin a direct entry to the right but that was incorrect since the published hold was left turns. ATC immediately queried us and gave us radar vectors (right 270 degree turn) and we proceeded on course with no further hold instructions and no further incident. Both pilots went back and looked at the Jeppesen HI enroute chart after we were given the 'corrective radar vector' and we did find the 'published hold' and we confirmed that it did have left turns not right turns as had been initiated by the hold procedure entered into the FMS. Proceeded onto destination uneventfully.Both pilots could have done a better job of locating the 'published hold' on the enroute chart in the 5 minutes of time allotted by ATC and/or we could have queried ATC regarding the details of the 'published hold' when were unable to locate the published hold on the enroute chart prior to reaching the fix.
Reliance upon FMS database for correct holding pattern information without confirmation from available resources or additional query to ATC under time pressure lead to this error. Future events similar to this can be managed with an immediate query to ATC when I doubt of clearance. Both crew members have also spent time refamiliarizing themselves with how to pull information from the available resources and will disseminate this info to fellow departmental pilots.
Cessna 750 flight crew reported that when they received clearance from ATC to hold over a fix; the FMC directed the autopilot to turn in the opposite direction.