<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1105608, July 2013

CRJ200 captain reported wake vortex encounter departing atl in trail of an MD80. Reporter believes ATC procedures contributed to the event.

Attributes
ACN	1105608
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

Cleared for takeoff behind a MD80. The tower cleared us before the MD80 lifted off. As we were airborne we were in the wake of the MD80. [We] turned left about 10 degrees to get out of his wake [and] told ATC about what we were doing. Before he changed us over to departure he asked if we were off the RNAV departure course. We were back on it as the course turned to the left. The tower in atl has been doing this a lot; clearing other aircraft for takeoff before the one in front even raised his nose off the ground. Behind a heavy they clear you with only 2 1/2 miles between you. This needs to be addressed [or] there could be a bad problem soon.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 Captain reported wake vortex encounter departing ATL in trail of an MD80. Reporter believes ATC procedures contributed to the event.

Narrative: Cleared for takeoff behind a MD80. The Tower cleared us before the MD80 lifted off. As we were airborne we were in the wake of the MD80. [We] turned left about 10 degrees to get out of his wake [and] told ATC about what we were doing. Before he changed us over to Departure he asked if we were off the RNAV departure course. We were back on it as the course turned to the left. The Tower in ATL has been doing this a lot; clearing other aircraft for takeoff before the one in front even raised his nose off the ground. Behind a heavy they clear you with only 2 1/2 miles between you. This needs to be addressed [or] there could be a bad problem soon.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.