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G-iv captain reported encountering wake turbulence at FL340 from another aircraft about 10 miles ahead of them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1289782 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZDC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | VA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Gulfstream IV / G350 / G450 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Airway J48 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 12800 Flight Crew Type 3600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
We took off from teb [and] we were cleared to climb to FL400. About to cross FL340 we experienced a very heavy wake turbulence trying to roll the plane to the right; so the auto pilot was kicked off. I tried to keep wings level and in about 15 seconds we were out of it. On the TCAS we had a plane on same airway; 10 to 11 miles ahead of us; and that's why I think air traffic controllers [should] advise pilots when a heavy jet is ahead [of] a lighter jet to avoid these situations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: G-IV Captain reported encountering wake turbulence at FL340 from another aircraft about 10 miles ahead of them.
Narrative: We took off from TEB [and] we were cleared to climb to FL400. About to cross FL340 we experienced a very heavy wake turbulence trying to roll the plane to the right; so the auto pilot was kicked off. I tried to keep wings level and in about 15 seconds we were out of it. On the TCAS we had a plane on same airway; 10 to 11 miles ahead of us; and that's why I think air traffic controllers [should] advise pilots when a heavy jet is ahead [of] a lighter jet to avoid these situations.
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.