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C172 pilot reported an inflight upset when encountering wake turbulence from a jet in the pattern at ecp airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1703356 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ECP.Tower |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 160 Flight Crew Type 160 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Doing touch and go landings in pattern; tower controller extended me on a 6 nm downwind for sequencing for IFR jet departures and one [medium transport] jet on a visual approach for runway 34 (coming in from northeast of ecp). Turned on course for a straight-in approach to runway 34; at 5.5 nm visually picked up and acknowledged the [jet traffic to my right about 500 feet higher in a descending right-turn to line up for runway 34. My altitude was approximately 1;500 at 100 knots. The [jet] quickly descended well below my altitude and landed on runway 34. At approximately 4.5 nm from the runway 34 threshold; my cessna 172 make a sharp uncommanded roll to the right. I estimated it reached at least a 60 roll angle before I was able to stop it. The tower typically advises a wake turbulence caution for landings; however no reminders for overtaking jet traffic on extended straight ins. Fortunately; I had been practicing steep turns and stalls about 20 minutes before; so the attitude change was easy to recognize and I quickly evaluated it was the wake vortex of the jet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reported an inflight upset when encountering wake turbulence from a jet in the pattern at ECP airport.
Narrative: Doing touch and go landings in pattern; Tower Controller extended me on a 6 nm downwind for sequencing for IFR jet departures and one [medium transport] jet on a visual approach for Runway 34 (coming in from northeast of ECP). Turned on course for a straight-in approach to RWY 34; at 5.5 nm visually picked up and acknowledged the [jet traffic to my right about 500 feet higher in a descending right-turn to line up for Runway 34. My altitude was approximately 1;500 at 100 knots. The [jet] quickly descended well below my altitude and landed on Runway 34. At approximately 4.5 nm from the Runway 34 threshold; my Cessna 172 make a sharp uncommanded roll to the right. I estimated it reached at least a 60 roll angle before I was able to stop it. The Tower typically advises a wake turbulence caution for landings; however no reminders for overtaking jet traffic on extended straight ins. Fortunately; I had been practicing steep turns and stalls about 20 minutes before; so the attitude change was easy to recognize and I quickly evaluated it was the wake vortex of the jet.
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.