THIS BE02 ACR FLC FLEW INTO A B727-200'S WAKE THAT THEY PREDICTED THAT THEY WOULD HIT. THE CTLR ADVISED THEM OF POSSIBLE TURB.

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WENT AROUND AFTER ENCOUNTERING WAKE TURB FROM B727. PRECEDING ACFT LANDED IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE; BUT SLIGHTLY LONG. B727 WAS MAKING A STEEP SHORT APCH AT THE REQUEST OF ATC WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO REMAIN ABOVE HIS GLIDE PATH. QUARTERING TAILWINDS HELD WAKE ON THE RWY. WINDS APPROX 100 DEGS TO 140 DEGS AT 6-10 KTS. THE IAH ARPT LANDS ON RWYS 27 AND 26 WITH QUARTERING TAILWINDS A VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME. I WOULD ESTIMATE IT AT ABOUT 60%-70% OF THE TIME. THIS ALLOWS FOR BETTER TFC FLOW WHICH IS A PRACTICE I BELIEVE SAFE AND NECESSARY. PLTS UNFAMILIAR WITH IAH SHOULD TAKE HEED TO THIS. THE ATC CTLR DID CAUTION US AGAINST WAKE TURB. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT THE FLC SAW THE B727-200 AS IT WAS TURNING AND DIVING ONTO THE FINAL APCH IN FRONT OF THEM. HE SAID THAT HE WARNED THE FO THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO AVOID ITS WAKE SINCE IT WAS HIGHER THAN THEY WERE AND THERE WAS; IN ADDITION; A TAILWIND. WHEN THEY HIT THE WAKE THE ACFT YAWED AND ROLLED TO THE R ONLY ABOUT 5-10 DEGS OF ROLL AND THE CAPT ORDERED THE FO TO GAR. THEY MADE A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG A LITTLE LATER. THE CAPT SAID THAT HE HAS OPERATED AT ARPTS WHERE A SEPARATE SHORT RWY WAS USED FOR COMMUTERS AND GA ACFT AND THIS SEEMS TO WORK WELL FOR WAKE AVOIDANCE. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAS HAD MORE VIOLENT WAKE ENCOUNTERS AND THEY OFTEN HAD SIMILAR SITS WHERE THE LARGER ACFT WAS DSNDING THROUGH HIS FLT PATH SO THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO GET ABOVE THE WAKE WITHOUT FLYING THROUGH IT.