A B737 captain executed a go-around at about 50 ft on short final to ewr runway 29 followed loss of ...

Attributes
ACN	1164988
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 280 Flight Crew Total 20000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

I was doing a visual approach to [runway] 22L circle to [runway] 29 in newark. I was following a B757. I was about 4 miles behind him after the B757 landed ATC cleared a heavy jet to take off on [runway] 22L full length. ATC then cleared us to land on [runway] 29. As we crossed the numbers around 40 ft or so we hit turbulence either from the B757 wake or the thrust from the heavy jet. My aircraft rolled left and right several times. I could not stop the roll in time; so I did a go-around. Newark was very busy at the time they took us back up to 5;000 we got vectored to back of line and landed in newark about 20 minutes later we touchdown with 4;000 pounds of fuel blocked into gate with 3;600 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 Captain executed a go-around at about 50 FT on short final to EWR Runway 29 followed loss of control due to either a heavy jet departing Runway 22L or a preceding B757's wake.

Narrative: I was doing a visual approach to [Runway] 22L circle to [Runway] 29 in Newark. I was following a B757. I was about 4 miles behind him after the B757 landed ATC cleared a heavy jet to take off on [Runway] 22L full length. ATC then cleared us to land on [Runway] 29. As we crossed the numbers around 40 FT or so we hit turbulence either from the B757 wake or the thrust from the heavy jet. My aircraft rolled left and right several times. I could not stop the roll in time; so I did a go-around. Newark was very busy at the time they took us back up to 5;000 we got vectored to back of line and landed in Newark about 20 minutes later we touchdown with 4;000 LBS of fuel blocked into gate with 3;600 LBS.

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A B737 captain executed a go-around at about 50 ft on short final to ewr runway 29 followed loss of control due to either a heavy jet departing runway 22L or a preceding B757's wake.