RPTR ENCOUNTERED 757 WAKE TURB AND WIND SHEAR ON LIFTOFF; HAD A NOISE ABATEMENT CLB TO 1500 FT; AND A PROB CONTACTING DEP ALL OF WHICH HE ASSERTS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS MISSING HIS 2500 FT LEVELOFF.
Synopsis
RPTR ENCOUNTERED 757 WAKE TURB AND WIND SHEAR ON LIFTOFF; HAD A NOISE ABATEMENT CLB TO 1500 FT; AND A PROB CONTACTING DEP ALL OF WHICH HE ASSERTS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS MISSING HIS 2500 FT LEVELOFF.
Narrative
AFTER A LONG GND DELAY; WE DEPARTED SHORTLY AFTER A B757. ENCOUNTERED MODERATE WAKE TURB MIXED WITH WIND SHEAR RIGHT AFTER LIFTOFF. THE FO WAS HAVING A HARD TIME CONTACTING DEP CTL BECAUSE THE WRONG FREQ WAS GIVEN IN THE CLRNC (119.2). THE SID CALLS FOR 2500 FT BUT WITH ALL THESE DISTRS AND ANTICIPATING A HIGHER ALT FROM DEP CTL I ENDED UP GOING THROUGH 2500 FT AND INITIATED A LEVEL OFF TOO LATE. OUR ALT REACHED 3000 FT BY THE TIME I COULD GET THE ACFT NOSED OVER AND BACK TO 2500 FT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE FO WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH EWR DEP CTL AND A CLRNC TO 6000 FT WAS GIVEN. I BELIEVE THAT THE SID AT EWR (4L IN OUR CASE) HAS THE COCKPIT CREW TOO BUSY RIGHT AFTER TKOF. WITH NOISE ABATEMENT; CLEAN-UP BEGINS AT 1500 FT; SHORTLY THEREAFTER IS THE LEVEL OFF ALT. COMBINE THIS WITH ALL THE REQUIRED TURNS; ADD IN SOME TURB LATE NIGHT; ETC; AND IT OPENS THE DOOR TO A MISTAKE. I THINK THAT AT THE LEAST; THE ALT ON THE EWR SID'S SHOULD BE RAISED AT LEAST ANOTHER 1000 FT SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME TO STABILIZE OUR TKOFS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.