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Flight crew of an MD88 lost control of aircraft when encountering wake turbulence 5-6 mi behind an A300 on final.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 293831 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199501 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 293831 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude inflight encounter other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 33000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On final to mia runway 30 in trail 5-6 mi of an A300. Encountered wake turbulence that caused the aircraft to roll left 70 degrees. Full right control required to regain control loss of 400 ft vertically.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MD88 LOST CTL OF ACFT WHEN ENCOUNTERING WAKE TURB 5-6 MI BEHIND AN A300 ON FINAL.
Narrative: ON FINAL TO MIA RWY 30 IN TRAIL 5-6 MI OF AN A300. ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURB THAT CAUSED THE ACFT TO ROLL L 70 DEGS. FULL R CTL REQUIRED TO REGAIN CTL LOSS OF 400 FT VERTLY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.