<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1174373, May 2014

Widebody first officer reported encountering wake turbulence in trail of an airbus at 200 ft AGL on approach to mem.

Attributes
ACN	1174373
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MEM.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

On final approach to runway 36L; we were following an airbus. [We] were told to slow down final approach speed due to spacing. We did. They were showing about 3-3.5 miles in front of us on TCAS. Tower asked preceding traffic to expedite on touchdown. They said they would. We experienced a wing rock at 200 AGL (possibly due to wake turbulence) and elected to go-around. Cause: close spacing given by ATC; and differences in approach speeds by aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Widebody First Officer reported encountering wake turbulence in trail of an Airbus at 200 FT AGL on approach to MEM.

Narrative: On final approach to Runway 36L; we were following an Airbus. [We] were told to slow down final approach speed due to spacing. We did. They were showing about 3-3.5 miles in front of us on TCAS. Tower asked preceding traffic to expedite on touchdown. They said they would. We experienced a wing rock at 200 AGL (possibly due to wake turbulence) and elected to go-around. Cause: Close spacing given by ATC; and differences in approach speeds by aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.