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A B737-800 captain expressed concern over aircraft spacing in san after experiencing wake turbulence on both arrival and departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1041088 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201210 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SAN.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
ATC in san diego were pushing hard on both our arrival flight and our departure flight. On the arrival flight; we were told to maintain 170 to the FAF and we were already close to the preceding aircraft such that we had to fly high on the glide path to avoid wake turbulence; and they cleared an aircraft on the runway before our arrival that just barely got airborne before we landed. On departure we were cleared for departure just after a B737 and just in front of a landing aircraft. We were much heavier and required more ground roll than the preceding aircraft and we ended up hitting their wake turbulence on departure. I realize that traffic is tight in san; however both of these incidents were too close for me. It would be better to build in a little more buffer between flights and not push so hard on all of us. This practice is an accident waiting to happen.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-800 Captain expressed concern over aircraft spacing in SAN after experiencing wake turbulence on both arrival and departure.
Narrative: ATC in San Diego were pushing hard on both our arrival flight and our departure flight. On the arrival flight; we were told to maintain 170 to the FAF and we were already close to the preceding aircraft such that we had to fly high on the glide path to avoid wake turbulence; and they cleared an aircraft on the runway before our arrival that just barely got airborne before we landed. On departure we were cleared for departure just after a B737 and just in front of a landing aircraft. We were much heavier and required more ground roll than the preceding aircraft and we ended up hitting their wake turbulence on departure. I realize that traffic is tight in SAN; however both of these incidents were too close for me. It would be better to build in a little more buffer between flights and not push so hard on all of us. This practice is an accident waiting to happen.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.