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Attributes | |
ACN | 1560938 |
Time | |
Date | 201807 |
Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | D10.TRACON |
State Reference | TX |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Gulfstream G200 (IAI 1126 Galaxy) |
Flight Phase | Descent |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | B737-800 |
Flight Phase | Descent |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Events | |
Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Wake turbulence encounter. Just a few bumps initially but within 10 seconds it had disengaged the autopilot. Bank never exceeded 20 degrees [and] aircraft control was never compromised. Preceding aircraft was a 737-800.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: G200 First Officer reported encountering wake turbulence in the Dallas area in trail of a B737-800.
Narrative: Wake turbulence encounter. Just a few bumps initially but within 10 seconds it had disengaged the autopilot. Bank never exceeded 20 degrees [and] aircraft control was never compromised. Preceding aircraft was a 737-800.
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.