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MD88 captain reported encountering wake vortex on departure from atl that possibly resulted in a track deviation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1057983 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201212 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ATL.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 185 Flight Crew Total 14965 Flight Crew Type 6067 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff; we encountered fairly significant wake turbulence from the aircraft in front of us. While recovering from this we turned on course. As we began our turn on the departure; we were queried by ATC to see if we were turning to the fix. We acknowledged that we were and ATC said okay. At no time did I think that we had exceeded any lateral boundaries of the departure and never did ATC mention to us that we had.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD88 Captain reported encountering wake vortex on departure from ATL that possibly resulted in a track deviation.
Narrative: Shortly after takeoff; we encountered fairly significant wake turbulence from the aircraft in front of us. While recovering from this we turned on course. As we began our turn on the departure; we were queried by ATC to see if we were turning to the fix. We acknowledged that we were and ATC said okay. At no time did I think that we had exceeded any lateral boundaries of the departure and never did ATC mention to us that we had.
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.