B737 flight crew reported encountering wake turbulence shortly after takeoff in trail of a B757.

Attributes
ACN	1499800
Time
Date	201711
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RSW.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
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	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

Departed runway 6 behind a B757. At 50 ft we experienced wake turbulence. We sidestepped to the upwind side to avoid further wake. Reported the wake to departure control.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported encountering wake turbulence shortly after takeoff in trail of a B757.

Narrative: Departed Runway 6 behind a B757. At 50 ft we experienced wake turbulence. We sidestepped to the upwind side to avoid further wake. Reported the wake to Departure Control.

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.