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A crj-200 flight crew reported they were late to switch to departure because of distractions from a wake vortex encounter.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 982329 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201112 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ATL.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
After departing runway 8L; we were told to contact departure. I switched the radios and right after that; we got mild wake turbulence from the 757 that departed ahead of us. We were working to prevent further occurrence of wake turbulence by changing our climb rate to go below the wake. That issue was resolved; but we did not realize that we failed to check on with departure as instructed. It was not until about five minutes after being told to switch to departure that we noticed that our radio was not tuned to the proper frequency. We switched the radio and contacted departure. There was a minor threat from the wake turbulence. We were on an RNAV SID; which provided proper lateral and vertical separation from other planes; but the lack of communication in a close controlled environment was a threat.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CRJ-200 flight crew reported they were late to switch to Departure because of distractions from a wake vortex encounter.
Narrative: After departing Runway 8L; we were told to contact Departure. I switched the radios and right after that; we got mild wake turbulence from the 757 that departed ahead of us. We were working to prevent further occurrence of wake turbulence by changing our climb rate to go below the wake. That issue was resolved; but we did not realize that we failed to check on with Departure as instructed. It was not until about five minutes after being told to switch to Departure that we noticed that our radio was not tuned to the proper frequency. We switched the radio and contacted Departure. There was a minor threat from the wake turbulence. We were on an RNAV SID; which provided proper lateral and vertical separation from other planes; but the lack of communication in a close controlled environment was a threat.
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.