Cessna 152
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 750; Flight Crew Type 350
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter
Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
We were on downwind Runway 23 at VNC and an airplane departed after we departed that was a C182. He came under us 20-30 ft in downwind; and then made a turn to the south without giving any call. I don't think he even noticed us. Since he was behind and under us we noticed him very late as well. I even felt his wake when he came too close and thinking of that wake as a damage to my aircraft; immediately decided to land. He never replied to me when I called him on radio.
C152 pilot reported an NMAC and a wake turbulence encounter departing VNC.