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Crj-200 captain reported possible wake vortex encounter in trail of an airbus that led to a low altitude stick shaker.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1078788 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201304 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CLT.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
During the landing flare and low energy regime (less than 50 ft) our right wing dropped. This could have been due to wake turbulence from the airbus that landed before us. I recovered by leveling the wings and starting to flare. Under 10 feet in the landing flare the stick shaker shook. We landed without incident. Despite calm surface winds there were plenty of updrafts on final. They may have existed over the runway as well. That coupled with a little wake leftover from the airbus may have contributed to our right wing drop; which then resulted in a loss of airspeed during my recovery; leading to a shaker.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-200 Captain reported possible wake vortex encounter in trail of an Airbus that led to a low altitude stick shaker.
Narrative: During the landing flare and low energy regime (less than 50 FT) our right wing dropped. This could have been due to wake turbulence from the Airbus that landed before us. I recovered by leveling the wings and starting to flare. Under 10 feet in the landing flare the Stick Shaker shook. We landed without incident. Despite calm surface winds there were plenty of updrafts on final. They may have existed over the runway as well. That coupled with a little wake leftover from the Airbus may have contributed to our right wing drop; which then resulted in a loss of airspeed during my recovery; leading to a shaker.
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.