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Attributes | |
ACN | 1347738 |
Time | |
Date | 201604 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | CA |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | J3 Cub |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Taxi |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Helicopter |
Person 1 | |
Function | Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
Large helicopter proceeding to helipad. I had a clearance on taxiway hotel. When I saw the helicopter I stopped and set my brakes; and announced that fact on ground control. The rotor wash was strong enough to move my aircraft with the brakes set. I wear four point harnesses. When a helicopter blows me over; it will be with my brakes set. I will probably not get hurt.my aircraft weighs 743 pounds empty. Someday we will have to regulate helicopters in the same way we regulate fixed wing aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While taxiing in a J3 Piper Cub; a large helicopter was passing over so the Pilot of the J3 Cub stopped and set his brakes. The rotor wash was strong wash enough to move the airplane.
Narrative: Large helicopter proceeding to helipad. I had a clearance on taxiway hotel. When I saw the helicopter I stopped and set my brakes; and announced that fact on ground control. The rotor wash was strong enough to move my aircraft with the brakes set. I wear four point harnesses. When a helicopter blows me over; it will be with my brakes set. I will probably not get hurt.My aircraft weighs 743 pounds empty. Someday we will have to regulate helicopters in the same way we regulate fixed wing aircraft.
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.