P50 controller voiced concern regarding the tower wake separation techniques used with subsequent de...

Attributes
ACN	1075058
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PHX.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

A CRJ2 checked on my frequency (departure) and immediately said they had received 'moderate wake turbulence' from the preceding departure. I asked the pilot to file a report on this event. The north departure controller had a wake turbulence report on navajo position just a few minutes before this. This happens every day as phx tower uses 6;000/airborne and visual separation on every departure whether they are busy or not. I've filed several wake turbulence reports and I am actively trying to get my fellow controllers to report this every time. This is an unsafe procedure at phx and a smaller aircraft is eventually going to have an accident due to wake turbulence at a low altitude. Stop visual departures on large aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P50 Controller voiced concern regarding the Tower wake separation techniques used with subsequent departures claiming the procedure is unsafe and results in wake turbulence encounters.

Narrative: A CRJ2 checked on my frequency (Departure) and immediately said they had received 'moderate wake turbulence' from the preceding departure. I asked the pilot to file a report on this event. The North Departure Controller had a wake turbulence report on Navajo position just a few minutes before this. This happens every day as PHX Tower uses 6;000/airborne and visual separation on every departure whether they are busy or not. I've filed several wake turbulence reports and I am actively trying to get my fellow controllers to report this every time. This is an unsafe procedure at PHX and a smaller aircraft is eventually going to have an accident due to wake turbulence at a low altitude. Stop visual departures on large aircraft.

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.

P50 controller voiced concern regarding the tower wake separation techniques used with subsequent departures claiming the procedure is unsafe and results in wake turbulence encounters.