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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1560938 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D10.TRACON |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Gulfstream G200 (IAI 1126 Galaxy) |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Wake turbulence encounter. Just a few bumps initially but within 10 seconds it had disengaged the autopilot. Bank never exceeded 20 degrees [and] aircraft control was never compromised. Preceding aircraft was a 737-800.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: G200 First Officer reported encountering wake turbulence in the Dallas area in trail of a B737-800.
Narrative: Wake turbulence encounter. Just a few bumps initially but within 10 seconds it had disengaged the autopilot. Bank never exceeded 20 degrees [and] aircraft control was never compromised. Preceding aircraft was a 737-800.
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.