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Light transport captain reported executing a go-around on approach to mke when they encountered wake turbulence in trail of a B737.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1620291 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MKE.Airport |
| State Reference | WI |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 3500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During the approach portion; we were given vectors to the final approach; as we were given our final altitude of 2;800 feet to intercept the ILS; we then intercepted the localizer and began our glide slope descent when all of a sudden we encountered severe turbulence and lost altitude in a rapid descent. By the time we started the missed approach; ATC came on the frequency and gave us an altitude alert even though we had started our climb and went missed. My first officer and I had discussed this on the ground and came to the conclusion that we might have encountered severe turbulence from the previous aircraft that had landed in front of us; a B737. What we've learned from this is that although human factor takes a few seconds to recognize a situation as such; perhaps a quicker reaction towards the turbulence to a missed approach could have been better; also I think ATC was good to promptly advise us of the situation
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Light transport Captain reported executing a go-around on approach to MKE when they encountered wake turbulence in trail of a B737.
Narrative: During the approach portion; we were given vectors to the final approach; as we were given our final altitude of 2;800 feet to intercept the ILS; we then intercepted the localizer and began our glide slope descent when all of a sudden we encountered severe turbulence and lost altitude in a rapid descent. By the time we started the missed approach; ATC came on the frequency and gave us an altitude alert even though we had started our climb and went missed. My First Officer and I had discussed this on the ground and came to the conclusion that we might have encountered severe turbulence from the previous aircraft that had landed in front of us; a B737. What we've learned from this is that although human factor takes a few seconds to recognize a situation as such; perhaps a quicker reaction towards the turbulence to a missed approach could have been better; also I think ATC was good to promptly advise us of the situation
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.