B757 first officer reports encountering wake turbulence while climbing through FL260 and climbing at 1200 FPM at ATC's instruction; due to traffic ahead.

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Attributes
ACN	854346
Time
Date	200909
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

During climb I observed traffic ahead of us climbing slowly. We were told to climb at no more than 1200 FPM. We encountered wake turbulence and exceeded this rate. While we had TCAS and traffic in sight; I believe that we may have been too close for ATC's comfort. I stated that we had exceeded the rate for wake and were correcting. Both us and the other traffic were given headings to increase our distance. No TCAS event occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 First Officer reports encountering wake turbulence while climbing through FL260 and climbing at 1200 FPM at ATC's instruction; due to traffic ahead.

Narrative: During climb I observed traffic ahead of us climbing slowly. We were told to climb at no more than 1200 FPM. We encountered wake turbulence and exceeded this rate. While we had TCAS and traffic in sight; I believe that we may have been too close for ATC's comfort. I stated that we had exceeded the rate for wake and were correcting. Both us and the other traffic were given headings to increase our distance. No TCAS event occurred.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.