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B737-800 captain reported he executed a rejected landing at lax when he encountered wake turbulence at 50 ft AGL in trail of an A380.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1179462 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201406 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | A380 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 129 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
On arrival to lax runway 6R; we were sequenced behind an A380 super. On initial arrival approach control stated that we were 10 miles in trail. I verified it with TCAS. As approach control switched us to tower; he stated that we were 7 1/2 miles in trail of a super; caution wake turbulence. Due to the 737-800 high approach speed at flaps 30; I elect to use flaps 40 to slow us a little more. As we were approaching 1;000 ft; I heard tower tell the super to contact ground control clearing taxiway V. This is the end of the runway. As we were starting the flare; we started to get quite a bit of wing rock; and some airspeed fluctuations. It almost felt like we were 'skidding' on the wake. At this point I decided that the best thing was to go-around. I am not sure of the altitude; but it was below 50 ft [AGL]. Tower asked the reason for the go-around as we were handed off to departure control and the first officer stated that it was due to wake turbulence over the runway. My gut feeling is the A380 landed long since they did not exit the runway until the end. I do not have anyway to verify this; just my gut feeling.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 Captain reported he executed a rejected landing at LAX when he encountered wake turbulence at 50 FT AGL in trail of an A380.
Narrative: On arrival to LAX Runway 6R; we were sequenced behind an A380 Super. On initial arrival Approach Control stated that we were 10 miles in trail. I verified it with TCAS. As Approach Control switched us to Tower; he stated that we were 7 1/2 miles in trail of a Super; caution wake turbulence. Due to the 737-800 high approach speed at flaps 30; I elect to use flaps 40 to slow us a little more. As we were approaching 1;000 FT; I heard Tower tell the Super to contact Ground Control clearing Taxiway V. This is the end of the runway. As we were starting the flare; we started to get quite a bit of wing rock; and some airspeed fluctuations. It almost felt like we were 'skidding' on the wake. At this point I decided that the best thing was to go-around. I am not sure of the altitude; but it was below 50 FT [AGL]. Tower asked the reason for the go-around as we were handed off to departure control and the First Officer stated that it was due to wake turbulence over the runway. My gut feeling is the A380 landed long since they did not exit the runway until the end. I do not have anyway to verify this; just my gut feeling.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.