B737 first officer reported encountering wake turbulence on arrival into phx that may have led to a ...

Attributes
ACN	1652343
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	PHX.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

We were on vectors for runway 26. We were given probably 6+ headings changes; along with altitude changes; within a minute's time. I'm not sure what the problem was. My guess is approach wanted us to turn at a faster rate. The autopilot was on and turning at a normal 30 degrees [bank angle]. After about the 5th heading vector; I just clicked the autopilot off and turned at 45 degrees [bank angle] and that seemed to make him happy. We were hitting some wake turbulence during this time that may have been a factor. We never went past the final approach path/runway extended centerline; and we were cleared for the visual and landed without incident; so I'm really not sure what the problem was but we were told to call the number for a possible pilot deviation. It felt like we were just getting bad vectors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reported encountering wake turbulence on arrival into PHX that may have led to a track deviation.

Narrative: We were on vectors for Runway 26. We were given probably 6+ headings changes; along with altitude changes; within a minute's time. I'm not sure what the problem was. My guess is Approach wanted us to turn at a faster rate. The autopilot was on and turning at a normal 30 degrees [bank angle]. After about the 5th heading vector; I just clicked the autopilot off and turned at 45 degrees [bank angle] and that seemed to make him happy. We were hitting some wake turbulence during this time that may have been a factor. We never went past the final approach path/runway extended centerline; and we were cleared for the visual and landed without incident; so I'm really not sure what the problem was but we were told to call the number for a possible pilot deviation. It felt like we were just getting bad vectors.

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.

B737 first officer reported encountering wake turbulence on arrival into phx that may have led to a track deviation.