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An air carrier first officer reported a strong wake turbulence encounter after flying through a B737 wake vortex on an ord arrival perpendicular track.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 840327 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
During visual approach into 14R; approach sequenced a 737 in front of us for a short visual approach. It seems like it is not well known; that when they do this you can expect a large wake; just thought I'd like share this experience. Even though it was a 737 it was that perpendicular wake that tends to amplify the turbulence greater than I've ever experienced--even behind heavy aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier First Officer reported a strong wake turbulence encounter after flying through a B737 wake vortex on an ORD arrival perpendicular track.
Narrative: During visual approach into 14R; Approach sequenced a 737 in front of us for a short visual approach. It seems like it is not well known; that when they do this you can expect a large wake; just thought I'd like share this experience. Even though it was a 737 it was that perpendicular wake that tends to amplify the turbulence greater than I've ever experienced--even behind heavy aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.