Crj-200 captain reported encountering wake turbulence on approach to ewr.

Attributes
ACN	1334396
Time
Date	201602
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

On approach to runway 4R; we were told to hold 170 knots to final approach fix just like the aircraft in front of us. We slowed to 170 and were approaching the FAF when we noticed we could see the aircraft in front of us and the TCAS showed them slowing down before they reached the FAF. We were very close and I was going to tell approach we needed to slow when we were suddenly rocked hard to the right about 60 degrees. I grabbed the controls and shut off autopilot and we were rocked to the left very hard. We initiated a go around and landed 10 minutes later. We definitely were hit by wake turbulence.suggest pilots in front wait to slow at the fix and not before.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 Captain reported encountering wake turbulence on approach to EWR.

Narrative: On approach to runway 4R; we were told to hold 170 knots to final approach fix just like the aircraft in front of us. We slowed to 170 and were approaching the FAF when we noticed we could see the aircraft in front of us and the TCAS showed them slowing down before they reached the FAF. We were very close and I was going to tell Approach we needed to slow when we were suddenly rocked hard to the right about 60 degrees. I grabbed the controls and shut off autopilot and we were rocked to the left very hard. We initiated a go around and landed 10 minutes later. We definitely were hit by wake turbulence.Suggest pilots in front wait to slow at the fix and not before.

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.