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Iah tower controller describes a departure turning the wrong direction; into the arrival path of a smaller jet causing a wake turbulence problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1237495 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAH.Tower |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.5 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was cleared for take-off runway 15L with a right turn heading 360; the pilot read the clearance back correctly including the right turn heading 360. Becoming airborne; he made a left turn heading 360. Because we were arriving west; this put him in conflict with traffic arriving runway 27; specifically involving the wake turbulence from the aircraft X. Traffic was exchanged to both the aircraft X and the aircraft Y arriving runway 27. Aircraft X was instructed to expedite his climb for traffic. The aircraft Y arriving runway 27 was advised of the wake turbulence and the altitude of aircraft X and was told his best course would be to continue his descent and land keeping him below the wake. Breaking out aircraft Y would have put him in the middle of the wake turbulence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IAH Tower Controller describes a departure turning the wrong direction; into the arrival path of a smaller jet causing a wake turbulence problem.
Narrative: Aircraft X was cleared for take-off runway 15L with a right turn heading 360; the pilot read the clearance back correctly including the right turn heading 360. Becoming airborne; he made a left turn heading 360. Because we were arriving west; this put him in conflict with traffic arriving runway 27; specifically involving the wake turbulence from the Aircraft X. Traffic was exchanged to both the Aircraft X and the Aircraft Y arriving runway 27. Aircraft X was instructed to expedite his climb for traffic. The Aircraft Y arriving runway 27 was advised of the wake turbulence and the altitude of Aircraft X and was told his best course would be to continue his descent and land keeping him below the wake. Breaking out Aircraft Y would have put him in the middle of the wake turbulence.
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.