A heavy jet was parked on ewr runway 22L at taxiway west when a B737 pass through its idle engine th...

Attributes
ACN	1164720
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

[I was] flying a stadium visual to runway 29 at night after a 4 1/2 flight. The weather was VFR and reported winds were 180/12. The entire approach was uneventful and routine. We heard a heavy cleared into position on runway 22L at west to hold at idle power for landing traffic (us). Runway 29 is much shorter than our normal landing runways; so I had 40 flaps and max braking selected for the landing. I intended to touch down within the first 1;000 ft. That put us directly behind the heavy aircraft as we flared. We experienced a strong gust from our left in the flare that we can only guess was from the engines of the heavy in position nearby. The timing of this unexpected crosswind gust was very bad. We were low and slow and power back. A very strong gust rolled us right; I corrected and felt lucky that our wings were nearly level when we touched down. I had very little time or altitude or power to react. I have had my hands this full when landing a plane only once or twice in 40 years; but I also had more warning.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A heavy jet was parked on EWR Runway 22L at Taxiway W when a B737 pass through its idle engine thrust which caused a temporary control loss; but the pilot was able right the aircraft before touchdown.

Narrative: [I was] flying a stadium visual to Runway 29 at night after a 4 1/2 flight. The weather was VFR and reported winds were 180/12. The entire approach was uneventful and routine. We heard a heavy cleared into position on Runway 22L at W to hold at idle power for landing traffic (us). Runway 29 is much shorter than our normal landing runways; so I had 40 flaps and max braking selected for the landing. I intended to touch down within the first 1;000 FT. That put us directly behind the heavy aircraft as we flared. We experienced a strong gust from our left in the flare that we can only guess was from the engines of the heavy in position nearby. The timing of this unexpected crosswind gust was very bad. We were low and slow and power back. A very strong gust rolled us right; I corrected and felt lucky that our wings were nearly level when we touched down. I had very little time or altitude or power to react. I have had my hands this full when landing a plane only once or twice in 40 years; but I also had more warning.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A heavy jet was parked on ewr runway 22L at taxiway west when a B737 pass through its idle engine thrust which caused a temporary control loss; but the pilot was able right the aircraft before touchdown.