NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
EMB-145 First Officer reported executing a go-around from low altitude at CLT after encountering wake from an A321 departing on the same runway.
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Needed to go-around at 100 ft. while trying to land on Runway 36R at CLT due to strong wake from departing aircraft Airbus A321. Air traffic controllers keep tight spacing. We were 3 miles final on approach and ATC cleared [the A321] for takeoff on same runway. Strong wake made it unstable at last moment so we conducted go around, came back and landed on same runway.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Ground Event / Encounter
- Inflight Event / Encounter
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Environment - Non Weather Related · Procedure
- Primary Problem
- Ambiguous
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