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B737NG captain reported a flight attendant suffered a minor injury during a wake turbulence encounter at FL320 in trail of an A320.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1706511 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZDC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 222 Flight Crew Type 1953 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
We are just leveled off 32;000 feet. I noticed the aircraft start a small buffet and roll to the right. Shortly thereafter the aircraft rolled quickly to the left. I initiated the upset recovery technique to regain control of the aircraft. We lost our lateral navigation and deviated slightly off course. We also had a very minor altitude deviation of 40 feet. We asked ATC what type of aircraft was in front of us; their response was an A320. We quickly understood that we had encountered his wake turbulence. We were contacted by the flight attendants and we were told that two of them had fallen to the ground during the turbulence. One of the flight attendants said she twisted her ankle and it was minor. I asked if she was ok to continue and she replied yes and she did not need assistance at our destination. She continued her service and prior to the descent I asked again if she needed assistance in regards to her ankle. She responded no and was going to continue on with her trip. We landed and I ask the flight attendant one last time if she was ok and her response was yes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737NG Captain reported a Flight Attendant suffered a minor injury during a wake turbulence encounter at FL320 in trail of an A320.
Narrative: We are just leveled off 32;000 feet. I noticed the aircraft start a small buffet and roll to the right. Shortly thereafter the aircraft rolled quickly to the left. I initiated the upset recovery technique to regain control of the aircraft. We lost our lateral navigation and deviated slightly off course. We also had a very minor altitude deviation of 40 feet. We asked ATC what type of aircraft was in front of us; their response was an A320. We quickly understood that we had encountered his wake turbulence. We were contacted by the flight attendants and we were told that two of them had fallen to the ground during the turbulence. One of the flight attendants said she twisted her ankle and it was minor. I asked if she was OK to continue and she replied yes and she did not need assistance at our destination. She continued her service and prior to the descent I asked again if she needed assistance in regards to her ankle. She responded no and was going to continue on with her trip. We landed and I ask the Flight Attendant one last time if she was OK and her response was yes.
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.