An air carrier MD80 flight crew hit the wake of a DC10.

Attributes
ACN	373595
Time
Date	199707
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ukw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	373595
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 36000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Descending to 11000 ft on ukw approach into dfw, hit by very moderate wake turbulence. Only aircraft around was at 11 O'clock and did not appear to be on same radial outbound from ukw. Controller said aircraft ahead was DC10 at 6 mi. No one hurt, no further problems. DC10 landed runway 18R, we went to runway 13R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MD80 FLC HIT THE WAKE OF A DC10.

Narrative: DSNDING TO 11000 FT ON UKW APCH INTO DFW, HIT BY VERY MODERATE WAKE TURB. ONLY ACFT AROUND WAS AT 11 O'CLOCK AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ON SAME RADIAL OUTBOUND FROM UKW. CTLR SAID ACFT AHEAD WAS DC10 AT 6 MI. NO ONE HURT, NO FURTHER PROBS. DC10 LANDED RWY 18R, WE WENT TO RWY 13R.

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.