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A corporate jet captain reported missing a crossing restriction on a SID out of las after encountering distracting wake turbulence from a preceding B737. Fatigue was also mentioned as a factor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 901758 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | L30.TRACON |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 8500 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Upon climbout from las on the SID we encountered wake turbulence from a 737 ahead. We were told to maintain visual separation from them. I was fixated on staying above/at the climb path of the 737 ahead to avoid further wake issues and subsequently realized; after being cleared to climb to 19000 ft; that I had missed the 7000 ft climb restriction over the fix on the SID by approximately +300 ft. Nothing was said by ATC and we continued on our climb path to the cleared altitude. I do believe that fatigue played a role in this as well; as my partner and I were on a second day of very early show schedule.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A corporate jet Captain reported missing a crossing restriction on a SID out of LAS after encountering distracting wake turbulence from a preceding B737. Fatigue was also mentioned as a factor.
Narrative: Upon climbout from LAS on the SID we encountered wake turbulence from a 737 ahead. We were told to maintain visual separation from them. I was fixated on staying above/at the climb path of the 737 ahead to avoid further wake issues and subsequently realized; after being cleared to climb to 19000 FT; that I had missed the 7000 FT climb restriction over the fix on the SID by approximately +300 FT. Nothing was said by ATC and we continued on our climb path to the cleared altitude. I do believe that fatigue played a role in this as well; as my partner and I were on a second day of very early show schedule.
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.