BE36 PLT ON ANGEL FLT ENCOUNTERS WAKE TURBULENCE ON TKOF CAUSING A TRACK DEV FROM ASSIGNED DEP HEADING. EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING BY LCL CTLR MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAKE ENCOUNTER.

Date: 2008-04 · Aircraft: Bonanza 36 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|inflight-event-encounter-wake-vortex-encounter

Synopsis

BE36 PLT ON ANGEL FLT ENCOUNTERS WAKE TURBULENCE ON TKOF CAUSING A TRACK DEV FROM ASSIGNED DEP HEADING. EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING BY LCL CTLR MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAKE ENCOUNTER.

Narrative

I WAS CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY XXL WITH A VECTOR OF 290 AFTER TKOF. TOWER GAVE CLRNC FOR TKOF WITHOUT DELAY AND WAS ISSUED IMMEDIATELY AFTER A LARGE JET LANDED AND ANOTHER JET ON TWO MILE FINAL. UPON TKOF; AT NORMAL ROTATION SPEED (75 KTS); PLANE EXPERIENCED EXTREME WAKE TURBULENCE FORCING PLANE TO L. CORRECTION WAS MADE FOR WAKE TURBULENCE; HOWEVER; COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS AND RAIN SHOWERS; PLANE WAS FORCED OFF OF HEADING DUE TO L ROLL AND YAW. CONTROL OF PLANE WAS MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES; HOWEVER; AFTER REACHING NORMAL CLB ATTITUDE; HEADING WAS NOW 280 AND CORRECTION TO HEADING 310 WAS ADVISED BY DEP. LATER ON IN FLT; WHILE ON COURSE TO ABC INTXN; I WAS ASKED WHAT HEADING WAS ISSUED TO ME BEFORE TKOF AND I RESPONDED 280 AND CORRECTED TO 310 PER DEP. MY FMS WAS SET FOR 290 HOWEVER I WAS HAND FLYING PLANE FOR BEST CONTROL AND ON A 280 HEADING. THIS HEADING DEV WAS INADVERTENT AND CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS IMMEDIATELY INITIATED ONCE IN NORMAL CLB ATTITUDE BEYOND EFFECTS OF WAKE TURBULENCE AND WIND GUSTS. I WAS ADVISED WHEN I RETURNED HOME TO CALL TRACON. I WAS ADVISED AT THAT TIME THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT. IN RETROSPECT; AS PIC; I SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED TO WAIT FOR GREATER SEPARATION FOR TAKEOFF DUE TO THE WORKLOAD IMPOSED FROM WAKE TURBULENCE; WIND GUSTS; AND SIGNIFICANT RAIN SHOWERS. ADDITIONALLY; SINCE THE TOWER WAS GIVING ME PREFERENCE FOR TAKEOFF AS AN ANGEL FLIGHT; I WANTED TO COMPLY WITHOUT UNNECESSARY BURDEN TO INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FLTS. UNFORTUNATELY; THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMMEDIATE DEP AND THUS THE WAKE TURBULENCE AND ADDED WORKLOAD. ONCE AGAIN; WAITING AND REQUESTING FOR GREATER SEPARATION WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THIS INCIDENT.

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