Narrative:

While flying the assigned clearance; descending via the CHSLY3; we received a late wake turbulence advisory from charlotte approach (in trail of an airbus). Our position on the arrival was between caatt and epaye; descending below 8;000 ft to 6;000 ft. Less than two seconds after the advisory and before we had time to respond to the ATC advisory; the jet rolled abruptly and steeply to the left. I immediately disconnected the automation to take command of the aircraft. I stabilized the aircraft and advised ATC of the encounter and then offset the jet from the airbus' flight path (something I would have done earlier had we not been issued a late advisory). I instructed my first officer to check on the passenger in the back. He was in his seat and appeared visibly shaken. No physical harm to any of the aircraft occupants. Seatbelt sign was on and illuminated at the time of this event. We landed without incident and after the aircraft was in the chocks; I went to the cabin to further check on the passenger (not physically hurt). I also explained to him why the aircraft turned suddenly and steeply to the left. The passenger acknowledged my quick and proper reaction to stabilize the jet. We discussed his return trip departing the same afternoon and he later canceled this trip. Wake turbulence avoidance is something we learn and are trained on at the beginning of flight training. As professionals we continue to revisit this training and exercise these avoidance procedures. Based upon the circumstances of this wake turbulence event; we as the crew did everything to ensure the safe operation of the aircraft. Had ATC issued a wake turbulence advisory sooner; I would have requested to offset our course to properly reduce the risk of encountering the airbus' wake. I also had the TCAS displayed on the mfd with range set inner ring to 5 miles; outer 12.5 miles (traffic well outside of 5 mile ring).

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE-400 flight crew reported encountering wake turbulence in trail of an Airbus on the CHSLY3 Arrival into CLT.

Narrative: While flying the assigned clearance; descending via the CHSLY3; we received a late wake turbulence advisory from Charlotte Approach (in trail of an Airbus). Our position on the arrival was between CAATT and EPAYE; descending below 8;000 ft to 6;000 ft. Less than two seconds after the advisory and before we had time to respond to the ATC advisory; the jet rolled abruptly and steeply to the left. I immediately disconnected the automation to take command of the aircraft. I stabilized the aircraft and advised ATC of the encounter and then offset the jet from the Airbus' flight path (something I would have done earlier had we NOT been issued a late advisory). I instructed my First Officer to check on the passenger in the back. He was in his seat and appeared visibly shaken. No physical harm to any of the aircraft occupants. Seatbelt sign was on and illuminated at the time of this event. We landed without incident and after the aircraft was in the chocks; I went to the cabin to further check on the passenger (not physically hurt). I also explained to him why the aircraft turned suddenly and steeply to the left. The passenger acknowledged my quick and proper reaction to stabilize the jet. We discussed his return trip departing the same afternoon and he later canceled this trip. Wake turbulence avoidance is something we learn and are trained on at the beginning of flight training. As professionals we continue to revisit this training and exercise these avoidance procedures. Based upon the circumstances of this wake turbulence event; we as the crew did everything to ensure the safe operation of the aircraft. Had ATC issued a wake turbulence advisory sooner; I would have requested to offset our course to properly reduce the risk of encountering the Airbus' wake. I also had the TCAS displayed on the MFD with range set inner ring to 5 miles; outer 12.5 miles (traffic well outside of 5 mile ring).

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.