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A320 captain reported a passenger suffered a burn from spilled coffee during a wake turbulence encounter departing pbi in trail of a widebody transport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1696435 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZMA.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | SID SLIDZ1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 18000 Flight Crew Type 12000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Departed pbi to east northeast. During enroute climb in low FL200's encountered strong wake turbulence from aircraft Y in front of us and also climbing. ATC was advised. Passenger was injured from hot coffee burn.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported a passenger suffered a burn from spilled coffee during a wake turbulence encounter departing PBI in trail of a Widebody Transport.
Narrative: Departed PBI to east northeast. During enroute climb in low FL200's encountered strong wake turbulence from Aircraft Y in front of us and also climbing. ATC was advised. Passenger was injured from hot coffee burn.
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.