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A320 captain reported a wake vortex encounter following a B737-900 on arrival to iah that resulted in a slight injury to a flight attendant.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1051085 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201211 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZHU.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR BAZBL |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
During descent encountered moderate wake turbulence following a B737-900. Fortunately seat belt sign was on and no injury to the passengers; however it did throw flight attendant into her aft jump seat area. We immediately contacted the all flight attendants after the event and learned she had injury to her shoulder and neck area; but not critical and no need for medical priority handling. Within several minutes we encountered a second event of light wake turbulence behind the same airplane. At this point we elected to slow our airspeed to 210; creating greater spacing. Made comments to ATC for reference; based on TCAS we already had approximately 5 miles or greater of separation when this took place. Landed on runway 26L without incident and the other aircraft arrived on runway 26R.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported a wake vortex encounter following a B737-900 on arrival to IAH that resulted in a slight injury to a flight attendant.
Narrative: During descent encountered moderate wake turbulence following a B737-900. Fortunately seat belt sign was on and no injury to the passengers; however it did throw flight attendant into her aft jump seat area. We immediately contacted the all flight attendants after the event and learned she had injury to her shoulder and neck area; but not critical and no need for medical priority handling. Within several minutes we encountered a second event of light wake turbulence behind the same airplane. At this point we elected to slow our airspeed to 210; creating greater spacing. Made comments to ATC for reference; based on TCAS we already had approximately 5 miles or greater of separation when this took place. Landed on Runway 26L without incident and the other aircraft arrived on Runway 26R.
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.