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A300 flight crew reported that shortly after touchdown the aircraft lifted off again; possibly from a wake encounter or a wind gust.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1284954 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
After on speed; normal sink rate and flare touchdown on runway 25L following a visual approach at lax we immediately lifted back off runway approximately 5 feet; we were both surprised by this; we elected to go around....notified tower and they turned us left and climbed us to 2;000 feet; we noticed traffic at our 2 o'clock approximately 1;000 feet above us and 1 mile away that had just taken off from runway 24L but was not a factor once we started our left turn. Requested vectors for a visual approach back to 25L which was uneventful. First officer flew the go around and captain flew the final landing.possible wake turbulence from preceding 777 which we were originally 6 miles behind or a strong wind gust down the runway or a combination of both.we were at 350 feet above ground when the 777 taxied off the far end of runway to the left. If wake turbulence was a factor then we could have given ourselves more spacing....if a very large gust impacted us at touchdown then there is really nothing more we could do.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 flight crew reported that shortly after touchdown the aircraft lifted off again; possibly from a wake encounter or a wind gust.
Narrative: After on speed; normal sink rate and flare touchdown on Runway 25L following a visual approach at LAX we immediately lifted back off runway approximately 5 feet; we were both surprised by this; we elected to go around....notified tower and they turned us left and climbed us to 2;000 feet; we noticed traffic at our 2 o'clock approximately 1;000 feet above us and 1 mile away that had just taken off from Runway 24L but was not a factor once we started our left turn. Requested vectors for a visual approach back to 25L which was uneventful. FO flew the go around and CAPT flew the final landing.Possible wake turbulence from preceding 777 which we were originally 6 miles behind or a strong wind gust down the runway or a combination of both.We were at 350 feet above ground when the 777 taxied off the far end of runway to the left. If wake turbulence was a factor then we could have given ourselves more spacing....if a very large gust impacted us at touchdown then there is really nothing more we could do.
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.