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Emb-145 first officer reported encountering severe wake turbulence on arrival into bos in trail of a H/B767.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1641933 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201905 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BOS.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 2900 Flight Crew Type 670 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
On the arrival between 21;000 feet and 17;000 feet and 280 knots encountered severe turbulence in smooth air with no warning. Auto pilot kicked off and sudden bank to the right followed by oscillation in bank angle.on the descent starting around 21;000 feet; the aircraft rolled suddenly and hard right 30 to 50 degrees of bank and then oscillated left and right 30 to 40 degrees of bank. Auto pilot kicked off and both pilot flying and pilot monitoring had to be on the controls to regain stability. No loss of altitude other than what was planned since we were on the descent at about 2300 fpm. Took manual control of aircraft after event started and auto pilot kicked off. Slowed aircraft to 250 and shallowed descent. Captain immediately checked on flight attendant and passengers after event occurred and everyone was okay and seated. Seat belt sign was on at the time the event started.after event; ATC informed us we were following a 767 which was around 10 miles in front of us with a 40 knot tail wind in the descent and no other turbulence in the area; I believe it was wake turbulence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-145 First Officer reported encountering severe wake turbulence on arrival into BOS in trail of a H/B767.
Narrative: On the arrival between 21;000 feet and 17;000 feet and 280 knots encountered severe turbulence in smooth air with no warning. Auto pilot kicked off and sudden bank to the right followed by oscillation in bank angle.On the descent starting around 21;000 feet; the aircraft rolled suddenly and hard right 30 to 50 degrees of bank and then oscillated left and right 30 to 40 degrees of bank. Auto pilot kicked off and both Pilot Flying and Pilot Monitoring had to be on the controls to regain stability. No loss of altitude other than what was planned since we were on the descent at about 2300 fpm. Took manual control of aircraft after event started and auto pilot kicked off. Slowed aircraft to 250 and shallowed descent. Captain immediately checked on Flight Attendant and passengers after event occurred and everyone was okay and seated. Seat belt sign was on at the time the event started.After event; ATC informed us we were following a 767 which was around 10 miles in front of us with a 40 knot tail wind in the descent and no other turbulence in the area; I believe it was wake turbulence.
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.