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Falcon 50 captain reported wake vortex encounter at FL350 from a B737 crossing his course at FL360 that resulted in a 'violent wing rock'.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1184467 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZHU.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Falcon 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | SID MMALT1.LLA |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 6300 Flight Crew Type 2500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
We were departing efd on the MMALT1.lla SID and were climbing out of FL290 for FL410 when ATC re-cleared us to level at FL350. We leveled at FL350 approximately 40 NM before lla. Within a few minutes of level off we noticed a B737 pass to our right (left to right) at FL360 (west bound) and approximately 5 NM horizontally. Shortly there after we had a violent wing rock that lasted about 1 second and instantaneously banked and leveled the aircraft twice (approximately 15-20 degrees of bank). It was smooth before and smooth after the event. We reported the event to houston center who informed us a B737 had just passed above us at FL360.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Falcon 50 Captain reported wake vortex encounter at FL350 from a B737 crossing his course at FL360 that resulted in a 'violent wing rock'.
Narrative: We were departing EFD on the MMALT1.LLA SID and were climbing out of FL290 for FL410 when ATC re-cleared us to level at FL350. We leveled at FL350 approximately 40 NM before LLA. Within a few minutes of level off we noticed a B737 pass to our right (left to right) at FL360 (west bound) and approximately 5 NM horizontally. Shortly there after we had a violent wing rock that lasted about 1 second and instantaneously banked and leveled the aircraft twice (approximately 15-20 degrees of bank). It was smooth before and smooth after the event. We reported the event to Houston Center who informed us a B737 had just passed above us at FL360.
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.