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B737 first officer reported an encounter with light wake turbulence on arrival into lax in trail of a heavy aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1491546 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201710 |
| 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 | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 211 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
[We experienced a] light wake encounter from a preceding heavy aircraft on the same arrival that we were on going in lax. It was a light encounter in which we just got a single roll of 15 degrees or less.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported an encounter with light wake turbulence on arrival into LAX in trail of a heavy aircraft.
Narrative: [We experienced a] light wake encounter from a preceding heavy aircraft on the same arrival that we were on going in LAX. It was a light encounter in which we just got a single roll of 15 degrees or less.
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.