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B737-700 captain reported overshooting an altitude restriction departing lax after encountering wake turbulence from a preceding B777.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1677290 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 313 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
We were following a heavy 777 and were getting a little wake from it. I changed from VNAV to lvl change to climb at a higher rate to get above the 777. We were supposed to be at or below darrk at 12;000 feet. We crossed it at about 12;500 feet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-700 Captain reported overshooting an altitude restriction departing LAX after encountering wake turbulence from a preceding B777.
Narrative: We were following a Heavy 777 and were getting a little wake from it. I changed from VNAV to LVL change to climb at a higher rate to get above the 777. We were supposed to be at or below DARRK at 12;000 feet. We crossed it at about 12;500 feet.
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.