Narrative:

We were cleared for takeoff about 3 miles behind an A330; I felt this was unnecessarily close as we had only two aircraft waiting for takeoff behind us. I was slow to hand the controls to my first officer (first officer) in order to gain separation but after takeoff at about 1;000 feet we encountered wake turbulence resulting in about 38 degrees roll right followed by about 50 degrees roll left with almost full opposite lock on the yoke. Shortly thereafter my first officer regained enough airflow to recover the encounter; I notified ATC and the flight proceeded without further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-200 Captain reported encountering wake turbulence shortly after takeoff from DTW in trail of an A330 that resulted in up to 50 degrees of uncommanded roll. Reporter stated he felt ATC spacing could have been more generous.

Narrative: We were cleared for takeoff about 3 miles behind an A330; I felt this was unnecessarily close as we had only two aircraft waiting for takeoff behind us. I was slow to hand the controls to my First Officer (FO) in order to gain separation but after takeoff at about 1;000 feet we encountered wake turbulence resulting in about 38 degrees roll right followed by about 50 degrees roll left with almost full opposite lock on the yoke. Shortly thereafter my FO regained enough airflow to recover the encounter; I notified ATC and the flight proceeded without further incident.

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.