Crj-200 flight crew reported encountering wake turbulence shortly after takeoff in atl. Flight crew ...

Attributes
ACN	1201963
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

Our flight was cleared to take off behind an md-80 on [runway] 8R in atl. At around 200 ft AGL we encountered extremely strong wake turbulence. I; the pilot flying; maintained airspeed and kept the aircraft from rolling left with a good amount of right aileron input. I heard the stall [warning] notification go off for a fraction of a second. During this time the aircraft was still at vref+15. The captain who was the pilot not flying stated after the fact that he felt the stick shaker and saw the red stall warning light come on for less than a second while the aircraft was at vref+15. I don't believe that the stall warning light or stick shaker activated on my side of the aircraft; but I may have missed it due to all my attention being focused on our airspeed and aircraft attitude. The rest of the flight was uneventful. The main threat in this situation is ATC clearing us to takeoff before the md-80 has rotated. To add to that threat we were heavy that day; and like many days our crj-200's take up a lot of runway and rotate after previous heavier aircraft causing us to climb through their wake turbulence. The new separation minimums between takeoffs in atlanta needs to be altered. The company needs to present these issues to local ATC to prevent a major accident in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 flight crew reported encountering wake turbulence shortly after takeoff in ATL. Flight crew was critical of the new ATL ATC reduced separation procedures.

Narrative: Our flight was cleared to take off behind an MD-80 on [Runway] 8R in ATL. At around 200 FT AGL we encountered extremely strong wake turbulence. I; the pilot flying; maintained airspeed and kept the aircraft from rolling left with a good amount of right aileron input. I heard the stall [warning] notification go off for a fraction of a second. During this time the aircraft was still at VRef+15. The Captain who was the pilot not flying stated after the fact that he felt the stick shaker and saw the red stall warning light come on for less than a second while the aircraft was at Vref+15. I don't believe that the stall warning light or stick shaker activated on my side of the aircraft; but I may have missed it due to all my attention being focused on our airspeed and aircraft attitude. The rest of the flight was uneventful. The main threat in this situation is ATC clearing us to takeoff before the MD-80 has rotated. To add to that threat we were heavy that day; and like many days our CRJ-200's take up a lot of runway and rotate after previous heavier aircraft causing us to climb through their wake turbulence. The new separation minimums between takeoffs in Atlanta needs to be altered. The company needs to present these issues to local ATC to prevent a major accident in the future.

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Crj-200 flight crew reported encountering wake turbulence shortly after takeoff in atl. Flight crew was critical of the new atl ATC reduced separation procedures.