Narrative:

Early morning flight to atl. Weather was VMC at the time and visual approaches were in use. Shooting the visual to runway 28 we were about 3 miles in trail of an A320. We slowed to our approach speed at the final approach fix as directed by ATC and did so in a typical expeditious way. On the final approach to the runway at about 100 feet we begin to encounter light wake turbulence from the previous arrival. At 50 feet the first officer; who was pilot flying; retarded the throttles to idle and began the round out. Shortly after; moderate or greater wake was encountered and the PF elected to go around. Go around thrust was applied and called for immediately and during the initial pitch to the command bars the shaker momentarily activated; less than 1 second in duration. The first officer relaxed back pressure and both the airspeed and altitude trend vectors were reading positive trends throughout the entire procedure. The go around profile was flown per the SOP and we were resequenced around for another visual approach and normal uneventful landing. In this instance; it seemed to be a worst case scenario where the wake was right near the runway and we had already gone to power idle for the round out and flare. It seems that going forward I should be aware of the possibility of wake and ensure that when executing a missed approach the PF smoothly transitions to the command bars.

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Title: CRJ-200 flight crew reported executing a go-around after encountering wake turbulence at 50 AGL at ATL while following an A320.

Narrative: Early morning flight to ATL. Weather was VMC at the time and visual approaches were in use. Shooting the visual to RWY 28 we were about 3 miles in trail of an A320. We slowed to our approach speed at the final approach fix as directed by ATC and did so in a typical expeditious way. On the final approach to the runway at about 100 feet we begin to encounter light wake turbulence from the previous arrival. At 50 feet the FO; who was pilot flying; retarded the throttles to idle and began the round out. Shortly after; moderate or greater wake was encountered and the PF elected to go around. Go around thrust was applied and called for immediately and during the initial pitch to the command bars the shaker momentarily activated; less than 1 second in duration. The FO relaxed back pressure and both the airspeed and altitude trend vectors were reading positive trends throughout the entire procedure. The go around profile was flown per the SOP and we were resequenced around for another visual approach and normal uneventful landing. In this instance; it seemed to be a worst case scenario where the wake was right near the runway and we had already gone to power idle for the round out and flare. It seems that going forward I should be aware of the possibility of wake and ensure that when executing a missed approach the PF smoothly transitions to the command bars.

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