Narrative:

Following a recent local flight, we planned a touch-and-go on runway 32 at ottawa, then circling to land runway 35. The widebody transport just ahead touched down about 2000 ft down the runway so we flew our approach above that of the widebody transport to avoid the wake turbulence. After being cleared to land, at about 50 ft AGL, we smelled burning rubber. Deiding that climb out was not a good time to have an electrical fire (my first reaction), I advised tower of the odors and made a full-stop landing. The smell quickly dissipated and no other problems were discovered. Apparently the burning rubber smell we had detected was from the tires of the widebody transport that landed just ahead of us. Still, better to be safe than sorry.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SMA PLT LANDED FOLLOWING A WDB. THE SMA PLT WAS STARTLED TO SMELL RUBBER FROM THE WDB TIRES.

Narrative: FOLLOWING A RECENT LCL FLT, WE PLANNED A TOUCH-AND-GO ON RWY 32 AT OTTAWA, THEN CIRCLING TO LAND RWY 35. THE WDB JUST AHEAD TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2000 FT DOWN THE RWY SO WE FLEW OUR APCH ABOVE THAT OF THE WDB TO AVOID THE WAKE TURB. AFTER BEING CLRED TO LAND, AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL, WE SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. DEIDING THAT CLBOUT WAS NOT A GOOD TIME TO HAVE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE (MY FIRST REACTION), I ADVISED TWR OF THE ODORS AND MADE A FULL-STOP LNDG. THE SMELL QUICKLY DISSIPATED AND NO OTHER PROBS WERE DISCOVERED. APPARENTLY THE BURNING RUBBER SMELL WE HAD DETECTED WAS FROM THE TIRES OF THE WDB THAT LANDED JUST AHEAD OF US. STILL, BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.

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.