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C152 instructor pilot reported encountering wake turbulence on approach to aus when the air carrier aircraft preceding him executed a go-around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1581032 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201809 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AUS.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 9000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Early this summer I was with a primary student on approach to land behind an airliner. Suddenly the airliner; for no apparent; reason decided to go around. Of course following close behind I had instructed my student to stay high and land past the point that the airliner was going to touch down. When the airliner decided to go around it created a tremendous wake event. I alerted the tower that I would need to take immediate evasive action and turned ninety degrees to avoid the wake. In over twenty years of flying I have never had this happen and it made me think that this is not something we teach students. I think this should be an issue that is included in textbooks. I certainly will alert my students to this possibility in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C152 Instructor Pilot reported encountering wake turbulence on approach to AUS when the air carrier aircraft preceding him executed a go-around.
Narrative: Early this summer I was with a primary student on approach to land behind an airliner. Suddenly the airliner; for no apparent; reason decided to go around. Of course following close behind I had instructed my student to stay high and land past the point that the airliner was going to touch down. When the airliner decided to go around it created a tremendous wake event. I alerted the Tower that I would need to take immediate evasive action and turned ninety degrees to avoid the wake. In over twenty years of flying I have never had this happen and it made me think that this is not something we teach students. I think this should be an issue that is included in textbooks. I certainly will alert my students to this possibility in the future.
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