NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
EMB-145 Captain reported encountering violent wake turbulence shortly after takeoff from CLT.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
Right after takeoff on Runway 18C behind an Airbus. Around 2,000 feet, we encounter a strong violent wake turbulence, PLI (Pitch Limit Indicator) was displayed. I took aircraft/controls from the First Officer momentarily to bring the plane back to a desired position. After I brought back the plane to a desired situation and every things was under control and safe, then I transferred controls/ aircraft back to the First Officer.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Inflight Event / Encounter
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Environment - Non Weather Related · Procedure
- Primary Problem
- Ambiguous
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.