CRJ200 FLT CREW REPORTS ENCOUNTER WITH WAKE TURBULENCE FROM PRECEDING A320 SHORTLY AFTER TKOF AT 100 FT AGL.

Date: 2007-11 · Aircraft: Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-wake-vortex-encounter

Synopsis

CRJ200 FLT CREW REPORTS ENCOUNTER WITH WAKE TURBULENCE FROM PRECEDING A320 SHORTLY AFTER TKOF AT 100 FT AGL.

Narrative

ATIS: 260/04 10/SKC 16/3 30.07. REDUCED TAKEOFF POWER. WE WERE CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 26L IMMEDIATELY BEHIND AN A320 AND GIVEN A HEADING OF 290 OR 295 DEGS. SHORTLY AFTER ROTATING; MAYBE 100 FT AGL; WE ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE; PLANE ROLLED LEFT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE STICK SHAKER AND WARBLERS WENT OFF FOR ABOUT 1-2 SECONDS. I COUNTERED WITH RIGHT AILERON AND HELD THE PITCH ATTITUDE AS THE SPEED NEARLY DROPPED BELOW V2+10 KTS. I BELIEVE THAT I USED A NORMAL RATE OF ROTATION TO A NORMAL PITCH ATTITUDE WHICH WOULD GIVE ME V2+10-20 KTS. THE WINDS WERE VERY LIGHT AND ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY SO I FEEL THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE PRECEDING AIRBUS WHICH CAUSED THE EVENT. WE HAD SELECTED CONTINUOUS IGNITION ON PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AS I HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME PRETTY STRONG WAKE TURBULENCE BEHIND AN A320 IN CRUISE BEFORE; SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE REST OF THE FLIGHT WAS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. THE HANDLING OF THE PLANE NEVER FELT ABNORMAL AND I DID NOT FIND ANYTHING UNUSUAL ON THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION.

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