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Acy controller is working a small aircraft southbound through the airspace. ZDC controller points out a heavy military aircraft to the acy controller. Acy controller ensures ZDC controller is aware of his small aircraft traffic. Point out is approved. ZDC controller descends the heavy 2 miles in front of the small aircraft. Small aircraft pilot requests a 20 degree turn to avoid the wake turbulence.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1238944 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ACY.TRACON |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Airway V1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Developmental |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was IFR on V1 south at 6;000 ft. ZDC casino sector called with a VFR point out to descend aircraft Y at 8;000 feet 2 miles southeast of aircraft X heading northwest. ZDC casino sector notified me that they were aware of aircraft X traffic and passed that traffic along to aircraft Y. I notified ZDC casino that I had no other traffic that would be a factor for the aircraft Y's descent other than aircraft X and that their point out was approved. ZDC casino sector then began aircraft Y's descent and aircraft Y passed 2 miles in front of aircraft X. Then aircraft X requested a 20 degree deviation to the right to avoid the wake turbulence.disseminating the enroute wake turbulence separation for traffic following a heavy to all parties involved.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACY Controller is working a small aircraft southbound through the airspace. ZDC controller points out a heavy military aircraft to the ACY Controller. ACY controller ensures ZDC Controller is aware of his small aircraft traffic. Point out is approved. ZDC Controller descends the heavy 2 miles in front of the small aircraft. Small aircraft pilot requests a 20 degree turn to avoid the wake turbulence.
Narrative: Aircraft X was IFR on V1 South at 6;000 ft. ZDC Casino sector called with a VFR point out to descend Aircraft Y at 8;000 feet 2 miles SE of Aircraft X heading NW. ZDC Casino sector notified me that they were aware of Aircraft X traffic and passed that traffic along to Aircraft Y. I notified ZDC Casino that I had no other traffic that would be a factor for the Aircraft Y's descent other than Aircraft X and that their point out was approved. ZDC Casino sector then began Aircraft Y's descent and Aircraft Y passed 2 miles in front of Aircraft X. Then Aircraft X requested a 20 degree deviation to the right to avoid the wake turbulence.Disseminating the enroute wake turbulence separation for traffic following a heavy to all parties involved.
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.