Narrative:

During my arrival in a cross country event with other similar type aircraft (single engine low wing) a rapid descent on my part was necessary to enter the arrival pattern. I overshot the altitude by quite a bit then started a subsequent pull up to enter the traffic pattern at which time I encountered what I thought was moderate wake turbulence of a previous aircraft at approximately the apex of my climb pitch of about 25-30 degrees, at which time I rapidly pulled the nose up further in an attempt to extricate my aircraft from the wake of the previous aircraft which resulted in a very high nose up attitude of approximately 55-70 degrees, at which time I was no longer in the wake but airspeed was decaying very rapidly. I then executed a nose high recovery by attempting to roll to the nearest horizon and I may have rolled over 180 degrees in this attempt. My aircraft was subsequently established on a descending right turn to reenter the traffic pattern with the appropriate calls on unicom 122.80 and landed without further incident nor any damage to aircraft or property. Contributing factors may have been calm winds and a too exuberant of a reaction to wake turbulence on my part. Relatively low time in this type aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EXTREME MANEUVERS IN VICINITY OF ARPT. RPTR ATTRIBUTES TURB AS HE WAS IN A 30 DEG NOSE UP ATTITUDE. THEN, HE INCREASED PITCH TO 70 DEGS AND ROLLED 180 DEGS COMING OUT IN A DSNDING TURN BEFORE LNDG.

Narrative: DURING MY ARR IN A XCOUNTRY EVENT WITH OTHER SIMILAR TYPE ACFT (SINGLE ENG LOW WING) A RAPID DSCNT ON MY PART WAS NECESSARY TO ENTER THE ARR PATTERN. I OVERSHOT THE ALT BY QUITE A BIT THEN STARTED A SUBSEQUENT PULL UP TO ENTER THE TFC PATTERN AT WHICH TIME I ENCOUNTERED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MODERATE WAKE TURB OF A PREVIOUS ACFT AT APPROX THE APEX OF MY CLB PITCH OF ABOUT 25-30 DEGS, AT WHICH TIME I RAPIDLY PULLED THE NOSE UP FURTHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXTRICATE MY ACFT FROM THE WAKE OF THE PREVIOUS ACFT WHICH RESULTED IN A VERY HIGH NOSE UP ATTITUDE OF APPROX 55-70 DEGS, AT WHICH TIME I WAS NO LONGER IN THE WAKE BUT AIRSPD WAS DECAYING VERY RAPIDLY. I THEN EXECUTED A NOSE HIGH RECOVERY BY ATTEMPTING TO ROLL TO THE NEAREST HORIZON AND I MAY HAVE ROLLED OVER 180 DEGS IN THIS ATTEMPT. MY ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ESTABLISHED ON A DSNDING R TURN TO REENTER THE TFC PATTERN WITH THE APPROPRIATE CALLS ON UNICOM 122.80 AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT NOR ANY DAMAGE TO ACFT OR PROPERTY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS MAY HAVE BEEN CALM WINDS AND A TOO EXUBERANT OF A REACTION TO WAKE TURB ON MY PART. RELATIVELY LOW TIME IN THIS TYPE ACFT.

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.