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GA pilot reported executing a go-around on their own to avoid a possible wake turbulence encounter with a gulfstream on approach to gri.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1470107 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GRI.Airport |
| State Reference | NE |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Gulfstream Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 4370 Flight Crew Type 490 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 5000 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
While landing and shortly before reporting a 2 mile right base as instructed by the tower; a gulfstream passed to my left also on a right base for the same runway. The gulfstream's position and speed was going to put both of our aircraft near the end of the runway at approximately the same time with an unsafe separation and expose my smaller aircraft to unsafe wake turbulence. I turned away from this developing risk without instructions from the tower. I reentered a right downwind as instructed by the tower and landed safely.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA pilot reported executing a go-around on their own to avoid a possible wake turbulence encounter with a Gulfstream on approach to GRI.
Narrative: While landing and shortly before reporting a 2 mile right base as instructed by the tower; a Gulfstream passed to my left also on a right base for the same runway. The Gulfstream's position and speed was going to put both of our aircraft near the end of the runway at approximately the same time with an unsafe separation and expose my smaller aircraft to unsafe wake turbulence. I turned away from this developing risk without instructions from the tower. I reentered a right downwind as instructed by the tower and landed safely.
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.