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Gainesville, FL
THE PLT TAXIED TO RWY 6 & MADE AN ENG RUN-UP. AS HE CALLED THE TWR FOR TKOF, A NAVY P-3 WAS MAKING A LOW APCH TO RWY 10.THE PLT WAS TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 10. ABT 30 SEC LATER, AS HE ARRIVED AT RWY 10, HE WAS CLRD FOR TKOF & WAS CAUTIONED ABT WAKE TURBC FM THE P-3. THE PLT TKOF ON RWY 10 & MNVRD TO AVOID WAKE TURBC. AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU ABT 100', IT ROLLED VIOLENTLY TO THE RGT. THE PLT APPLIED CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT THE ACFT DSCNDD & HIT THE RWY BFR HE COULD RCVR. THEAIM & FAA ADZY CIRCULAR 90-23D WARNED OF WAKE TURBC & RCMDD 2 MIN INTERVAL WHEN SMALL ACFT IS DEPG BHND A LARGE ACFT. THE TWR CTLR COMPLIED WITH APPLICABLE ATC DIRECTIVES. PARAGRAPH 3-106I OF ATC HANDBOOK 7110.65F SAID TO 'SEPARATE A SMALL ACFT BHND A LARGE ACFT TAKING OFF OR MAKING A LOW/MISSED APCH WHEN UTILIZING OPPOSITE DRCTN TAKEOFFS ON THE SAME RWY BY 3 MIN UNLESS A PLT HAS INITIATED A REQUEST TO DEVIATE FM THE 3 MIN INTERVAL. IN THE LATTER CASE, ISSUE A WAKE TURBC ADZY BEFORE CLRG THE ACFT FOR TAKEOFF.' HOWEVER, THE HANDBOOK DID NOT ADDRESS TAKEOFFS BHND SAME DRCTN LOW APCHS.
THE PLT TAXIED TO RWY 6 & MADE AN ENG RUN-UP. AS HE CALLED THE TWR FOR TKOF, A NAVY P-3 WAS MAKING A LOW APCH TO RWY 10.THE PLT WAS TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 10. ABT 30 SEC LATER, AS HE ARRIVED AT RWY 10, HE WAS CLRD FOR TKOF & WAS CAUTIONED ABT WAKE TURBC FM THE P-3. THE PLT TKOF ON RWY 10 & MNVRD TO AVOID WAKE TURBC. AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU ABT 100', IT ROLLED VIOLENTLY TO THE RGT. THE PLT APPLIED CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT THE ACFT DSCNDD & HIT THE RWY BFR HE COULD RCVR. THEAIM & FAA ADZY CIRCULAR 90-23D WARNED OF WAKE TURBC & RCMDD 2 MIN INTERVAL WHEN SMALL ACFT IS DEPG BHND A LARGE ACFT. THE TWR CTLR COMPLIED WITH APPLICABLE ATC DIRECTIVES. PARAGRAPH 3-106I OF ATC HANDBOOK 7110.65F SAID TO 'SEPARATE A SMALL ACFT BHND A LARGE ACFT TAKING OFF OR MAKING A LOW/MISSED APCH WHEN UTILIZING OPPOSITE DRCTN TAKEOFFS ON THE SAME RWY BY 3 MIN UNLESS A PLT HAS INITIATED A REQUEST TO DEVIATE FM THE 3 MIN INTERVAL. IN THE LATTER CASE, ISSUE A WAKE TURBC ADZY BEFORE CLRG THE ACFT FOR TAKEOFF.' HOWEVER, THE HANDBOOK DID NOT ADDRESS TAKEOFFS BHND SAME DRCTN LOW APCHS.