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Crj-700 captain reported they got a bit low on a visual approach to dfw after a wake turbulence encounter.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1247781 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201503 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DFW.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
My first officer was flying a visual approach to 17L in dfw; aircraft was stabilized at the appropriate altitude and he continued his stabilized approach to the runway. The aircraft was on a good/acceptable visual glide path to the runway and hit a small area of unsettled air from a previous arrival close to the runway threshold that caused a small settling which cause the PAPI lights to all go red on short final. There were no glideslope or sinkrate calls from the egpws before touchdown. The aircraft touched down in the touchdown zone on speed and with an appropriate sink rate to effect a safe landing. Be a little more proactive/careful about flying through potential areas of wake turbulence/disturbed air from previous arrivals.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-700 Captain reported they got a bit low on a visual approach to DFW after a wake turbulence encounter.
Narrative: My First Officer was flying a visual approach to 17L in DFW; aircraft was stabilized at the appropriate altitude and he continued his stabilized approach to the runway. The aircraft was on a good/acceptable visual glide path to the runway and hit a small area of unsettled air from a previous arrival close to the runway threshold that caused a small settling which cause the PAPI lights to all go red on short final. There were no glideslope or sinkrate calls from the EGPWS before touchdown. The aircraft touched down in the touchdown zone on speed and with an appropriate sink rate to effect a safe landing. Be a little more proactive/careful about flying through potential areas of wake turbulence/disturbed air from previous arrivals.
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.