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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1574607 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MIC.Airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | RV-9 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 2200 Flight Crew Type 2050 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 3 Vertical 1000 |
Narrative:
I was in cruise flight at 2700 ft on a route [to] ane. I was below the msp class bravo. I could see a 737 landing at msp about 1000 ft above us; 3-4 miles ahead about to cross our path at about a 90 degree angle. I thought we might hit some wake turbulence; and we did; about a 2.6G vertical jolt which woke up my [passenger].not sure what I could have done as I was capped to climb by the bravo above me. Maybe could have circled back to fcm; but a steady stream of 737s and A320s were landing and we had to pass under them all.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RV9A pilot reported encountering wake turbulence from a B737 while transiting a MSP arrival area.
Narrative: I was in cruise flight at 2700 ft on a route [to] ANE. I was below the MSP Class Bravo. I could see a 737 landing at MSP about 1000 ft above us; 3-4 miles ahead about to cross our path at about a 90 degree angle. I thought we might hit some wake turbulence; and we did; about a 2.6G vertical jolt which woke up my [passenger].Not sure what I could have done as I was capped to climb by the Bravo above me. Maybe could have circled back to FCM; but a steady stream of 737s and A320s were landing and we had to pass under them all.
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.