What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was returning to palh after a flight to a lake northwest of palh. Was returning to palh along the powerlines following the normal west rout arrival. This wake turbulance event occured approximatly 3 minutes and 5 mies from where the heavy aircraft transistioned. These paramters are outside teh area normally considered dangeroug for wake turbulance, therefore it was determined that pilot error was not a factor.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS RETURNING TO PALH AFTER A FLIGHT TO A LAKE NORTHWEST OF PALH. WAS RETURNING TO PALH ALONG THE POWERLINES FOLLOWING THE NORMAL WEST ROUT ARRIVAL. THIS WAKE TURBULANCE EVENT OCCURED APPROXIMATLY 3 MINUTES AND 5 MIES FROM WHERE THE HEAVY AIRCRAFT TRANSISTIONED. THESE PARAMTERS ARE OUTSIDE TEH AREA NORMALLY CONSIDERED DANGEROUG FOR WAKE TURBULANCE, THEREFORE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PILOT ERROR WAS NOT A FACTOR.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.