Support specialist at A80 reports of aircraft entering wake turbulence and asking for a vector to th...

Attributes
ACN	1181406
Time
Date	201406
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B717 (Formerly MD-95)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 9
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

Aircraft X (a crj); a runway 26L departure; advised that he was deviating left of course for wake turbulence. This conflicted with aircraft Y (a B717); a runway 27R departure. I told aircraft X unable left deviation due to traffic and approved a deviation right of course. I informed aircraft X that he was 6 miles behind a B757. Aircraft X stated he wanted to try to get out of the wake turbulence and said he got a 90 degree roll. I issued a 3-1-0 heading to aircraft X to ensure separation with aircraft Y and provide diverging course from the wake turbulence from aircraft Z (the 757). The pilot of aircraft Z inquired on the frequency if that wake turbulence was from him and wanted to verify the 90 degree aspect also. I alerted the watch supervisor.this may be connected with recat; however without analyzing the data; I am not sure that wake turbulence separation wasn't even provided under the old standard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Support Specialist at A80 reports of aircraft entering wake turbulence and asking for a vector to the left. Controller cannot issue a left heading due to traffic; and issues a right turn.

Narrative: Aircraft X (a CRJ); a Runway 26L departure; advised that he was deviating left of course for wake turbulence. This conflicted with Aircraft Y (a B717); a Runway 27R departure. I told Aircraft X unable left deviation due to traffic and approved a deviation right of course. I informed Aircraft X that he was 6 miles behind a B757. Aircraft X stated he wanted to try to get out of the wake turbulence and said he got a 90 degree roll. I issued a 3-1-0 heading to Aircraft X to ensure separation with Aircraft Y and provide diverging course from the wake turbulence from Aircraft Z (the 757). The pilot of Aircraft Z inquired on the frequency if that wake turbulence was from him and wanted to verify the 90 degree aspect also. I alerted the Watch Supervisor.This may be connected with RECAT; however without analyzing the data; I am not sure that wake turbulence separation wasn't even provided under the old standard.

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.

Support specialist at A80 reports of aircraft entering wake turbulence and asking for a vector to the left. Controller cannot issue a left heading due to traffic; and issues a right turn.