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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1699297 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DFW.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Dfw in the past 12 months has been clearing aircraft for takeoff before the preceding aircraft has even rotated down the runway. When they do this; I'd say we hit wake turbulence about 50% of the time; and putting in huge wing corrections low to the ground has always been frustrating. Well it happened again; and I'm going to start submitting reports every time now. We were cleared for takeoff a few seconds before the preceding E-175 had even rotated; and gave it about 5 seconds before we started the takeoff roll. At about 500 feet; we hit wake turbulence; which required near full-scale deflection to maintain aircraft control in the climb. We were still configured with flaps down but gear up. Wind was under 5 knots.cause; ATC trying to get as many aircraft out of the airport in the shortest amount of legal time.suggestions; bring back distance spacing; not just timing for aircraft separation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 flight crew member reported encountering wake turbulence shortly after takeoff at DFW; and stated insufficient spacing was a contributing factor.
Narrative: DFW in the past 12 months has been clearing aircraft for takeoff before the preceding aircraft has even rotated down the runway. When they do this; I'd say we hit wake turbulence about 50% of the time; and putting in huge wing corrections low to the ground has always been frustrating. Well it happened again; and I'm going to start submitting reports every time now. We were cleared for takeoff a few seconds before the preceding E-175 had even rotated; and gave it about 5 seconds before we started the takeoff roll. At about 500 feet; we hit wake turbulence; which required near full-scale deflection to maintain aircraft control in the climb. We were still configured with flaps down but gear up. Wind was under 5 knots.Cause; ATC trying to get as many aircraft out of the airport in the shortest amount of legal time.Suggestions; bring back distance spacing; not just timing for aircraft separation.
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.