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CL30 captain reported a brief altitude excursion resulted from a wake vortex encounter departing an international airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1353325 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Challenger 300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 47 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Out of [an international airport]; during the climb phase; we were cleared to 7000 feet. [When] first officer started leveling off; we encountered wake turbulence from aircraft ahead; which caused us to very briefly bust the altitude by approximately 300 feet. Immediate action was taken to level back to 7000. Departure control verified altitude with us again; but [we] had no time to advise of wake turbulence since ATC was very busy at that time. Better ATC separation between the flight path of small corporate jets and heavy commercial ones is needed in this airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CL30 Captain reported a brief altitude excursion resulted from a wake vortex encounter departing an international airport.
Narrative: Out of [an international airport]; during the climb phase; we were cleared to 7000 feet. [When] first officer started leveling off; we encountered wake turbulence from aircraft ahead; which caused us to very briefly bust the altitude by approximately 300 feet. Immediate action was taken to level back to 7000. Departure Control verified altitude with us again; but [we] had no time to advise of wake turbulence since ATC was very busy at that time. Better ATC separation between the flight path of small corporate jets and heavy commercial ones is needed in this airspace.
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.