A B737-300 CREW EXPERIENCED STALL WARNING WHILE ENCOUNTERING WAKE TURB ON THE FINAL APCH INTERCEPT TURN.

Date: 2005-01 · Aircraft: B737-300 · Phase: descent

Anomalies: deviation-altitude-excursion-from-assigned-altitude|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|inflight-event-encounter-wake-vortex-encounter|inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

A B737-300 CREW EXPERIENCED STALL WARNING WHILE ENCOUNTERING WAKE TURB ON THE FINAL APCH INTERCEPT TURN.

Narrative

WE WERE IMC AND DSNDING TO 8000 FT ON VECTORS TO INTERCEPT RWY 25L LOC. AIRPLANE WAS IN A CLEAN CONFIGN AND AUTOPLT AND AUTOTHROTTLES WERE ENGAGED. HDG SELECT WAS LATERAL MODE; LEVEL CHANGE WAS VERT MODE AND AUTOTHROTTLES WERE AT IDLE AND IN ARM MODE. ATC GAVE A CLRNC TO PROCEED DIRECT PRINO TO INTERCEPT LOC. CAPT ENTERED PRINO IN THE FMS AND SELECTED LNAV. A NUMBER OF THINGS HAPPENED IN QUICK SUCCESSION AND NEARLY SIMULTANEOUSLY: 1) AUTOPLT BANKED L TO COMPLY WITH PRINO CLRNC. 2) AUTOPLT LEVELED OFF AT 8000 FT AND AUTOTHROTTLES BEGAN ADVANCING. 3) WE ENTERED AN AREA OF WHAT FELT LIKE MODERATE WAKE TURB AND THE AIRSPD ROLLED BACK 20 KTS TO 190 KIAS. 4) STICK SHAKER ACTIVATED FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY STALL BUFFET. 5) ACFT CONTINUED TO ROLL SHARPLY L TO ABOUT 60 DEGS BANK. THIS WAS EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT THE #2 ENG SPUN UP MUCH FASTER THAN #1 ENG (WE HAD NOTED THIS ON TKOF ROLL) AS THE AUTOTHROTTLES TRIED TO REGAIN THE 210 KT BUG SPD.SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 643095: ACFT HAD #2 ANTI-ICE COWL VALVE WIRED OPEN. I WAS PF. WE WERE SOLID IMC IN ICING REGIME. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN 60% N1 DUE TO OPEN VALVE. WE DSNDED FROM 9000 FT MSL TO 8000 FT MSL ON VECTORS TO LAS RWY 25L LOC; ABOUT 20-25 NM OUT; CLEAN CONFIGN; 210 KIAS; AUTOPLT ON AND; I BELIEVE; AUTOTHROTTLE ON (LEVEL CHANGE MODE). ACFT WENT INTO 30 DEG L BANK (I BELIEVE IT WAS TURNING TO PRINC). SUDDENLY THERE WERE SEVERAL QUICK JOLTS IN PITCH AND ROLL; AS IF WE WERE IN MODERATE WAKE TURB. AT THE SAME TIME; I SAW 190 KIAS (CLEAN SPD IS APPROX 180 KIAS); IN QUICK SUCCESSION (AS I REMEMBER) I ADDED PWR TO REGAIN 210 KIAS. THE ACFT THEN QUICKLY ROLLED FURTHER IN A L BANK TO 60 DEGS. STICK SHAKER BRIEFLY ACTIVATED TWICE WITH SOME BUFFET. AS THIS WAS HAPPENING; I OVERRODE AUTOPLT WITH R AILERON. ACFT WAS IN A SLIGHT DSCNT AND I APPLIED SOME PITCH TO LIMIT LOSS TO 250 FT WITHOUT REACTIVATING STICK SHAKER. THE ACFT QUICKLY ROLLED WINGS LEVEL AND ACCELERATED TO APPROX 230 KIAS AS WE CLBED BACK TO 8000 FT. CAUSES/GUESSES: I HAD TO DIVERT ATTN TO NAVING AS MODE CTL UNIT IS ON CAPT'S SIDE ONLY. I DID NOT SEE INITIAL AIRSPEED DECREASE FROM 210 KTS TO 190 KIAS AT 30 DEGS BANK; WAKE TURB COUPLED BY L ROLL FROM ENG SPOOL UP INCREASED BANK TO 60 DEGS TO PROBABLY INCREASED STALL WARNING SPD. LEADING TO STALL WARNING DURING RECOVERY MANEUVER.

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