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C172 pilot reported a 60-degree bank resulted when wake turbulence from a regional jet landing on a parallel runway was encountered on approach to stl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1442962 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | STL.Airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 390 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
We were doing the ILS 11 approach into stl. We were cleared for the approach. There was no mention of 'caution wake turbulence'; but we were told of a regional jet landing parallel on runway 12R a few minutes prior. As we were descending from the FAF there was noticeable light turbulence. However; it all of a sudden became violent and caused the aircraft to roll into an uncontrolled 60 degree bank to the left! We overcame the incident and managed to recover just fine. The rest of the flight was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reported a 60-degree bank resulted when wake turbulence from a regional jet landing on a parallel runway was encountered on approach to STL.
Narrative: We were doing the ILS 11 approach into STL. We were cleared for the approach. There was no mention of 'caution wake turbulence'; but we were told of a regional jet landing parallel on Runway 12R a few minutes prior. As we were descending from the FAF there was noticeable light turbulence. However; it all of a sudden became violent and caused the aircraft to roll into an uncontrolled 60 degree bank to the left! We overcame the incident and managed to recover just fine. The rest of the flight was uneventful.
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.