Narrative:

The WX was clear with winds at 15-20 KTS out of the northeast, a santa ana condition. This flight was to be a dual private cross country flight with my student. He called vny ground control with our position and ATIS information and we were told to 'taxi to 34L.' we taxied out and followed the taxiway east then turned sbound. As we turned, I repositioned the flight controls for a left quartering tailwind. After the turn had been completed, I felt the airplane being lifted from the tail and forced over to the right side. The nose, propeller, and right wing struck the ground, then we started to be pushed along the taxiway in that position. I turned the fuel off and went through a shutdown procedure while I told student to 'get out of the airplane.' after I had gotten out of the airplane I was assisted by 2 men. Was not until I was outside of the airplane that I realized that we had been overturned by an air carrier jet that was doing a runup facing the blast fence with the jet blast directed toward the taxiway. The jet continued to remain pwred up and we turned the airplane into the blast and held it there until they pwred down. There were other witnesses as well and I was told that the occupants of the jet were all maintenance men. The FAA, local FSDO officers told me that it appeared that it was clearly the jet's fault and that they would probably seek no action upon me.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING SMA IS BLOWN OVER BY JET BLAST FROM JET DOING A MAINT RUNUP.

Narrative: THE WX WAS CLR WITH WINDS AT 15-20 KTS OUT OF THE NE, A SANTA ANA CONDITION. THIS FLT WAS TO BE A DUAL PRIVATE XCOUNTRY FLT WITH MY STUDENT. HE CALLED VNY GND CTL WITH OUR POS AND ATIS INFO AND WE WERE TOLD TO 'TAXI TO 34L.' WE TAXIED OUT AND FOLLOWED THE TAXIWAY E THEN TURNED SBOUND. AS WE TURNED, I REPOSITIONED THE FLT CTLS FOR A L QUARTERING TAILWIND. AFTER THE TURN HAD BEEN COMPLETED, I FELT THE AIRPLANE BEING LIFTED FROM THE TAIL AND FORCED OVER TO THE R SIDE. THE NOSE, PROP, AND R WING STRUCK THE GND, THEN WE STARTED TO BE PUSHED ALONG THE TAXIWAY IN THAT POS. I TURNED THE FUEL OFF AND WENT THROUGH A SHUTDOWN PROC WHILE I TOLD STUDENT TO 'GET OUT OF THE AIRPLANE.' AFTER I HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE AIRPLANE I WAS ASSISTED BY 2 MEN. WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPLANE THAT I REALIZED THAT WE HAD BEEN OVERTURNED BY AN ACR JET THAT WAS DOING A RUNUP FACING THE BLAST FENCE WITH THE JET BLAST DIRECTED TOWARD THE TAXIWAY. THE JET CONTINUED TO REMAIN PWRED UP AND WE TURNED THE AIRPLANE INTO THE BLAST AND HELD IT THERE UNTIL THEY PWRED DOWN. THERE WERE OTHER WITNESSES AS WELL AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE OCCUPANTS OF THE JET WERE ALL MAINT MEN. THE FAA, LCL FSDO OFFICERS TOLD ME THAT IT APPEARED THAT IT WAS CLRLY THE JET'S FAULT AND THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY SEEK NO ACTION UPON ME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.