Pilot of small aircraft sel bi-plane lost control during landing roll resulting in damage to the air...

Attributes
ACN	271679
Time
Date	199405
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hky
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 1780 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	271679
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac conflict : ground critical other anomaly other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated other Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 20 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

While approaching to land at hickory regional airport, hickory, nc, I attempted several calls on the CTAF radio frequency obtained from my 1994 aviation USA book and my current flight guide airport directory. After receiving no response, I very carefully looked the air traffic area over, turning to each side to see the pattern and ground areas completely. Receiving no responses and seeing nothing on any runway, I set up to land straight in from 1 mi out on runway 6. As we approached the touchdown end of runway 6 at 25 ft AGL, throttle off, gliding at 80 mph, my passenger announced there was an aircraft at the other end of the runway. Since I was well committed to land and the runway was 6400 ft long I chose to land. While on the rollout after landing an aircraft passed overhead from runway 24. I later found out it was a cessna citation. The jet passed overhead about 100 ft above me. Shortly after the citation passed over, the wake turbulence and/or wingtip vortex lifted the tail of my biplane from the ground causing me to lose control of the steerable tailwheel. The jet blast and vortex caused severe xwinds which lifted my left wing, rotated the airplane 90 degrees to the runway and accelerated my rollout. Braking with my right brake I attempted to stop the left turn, however as the plane began to skip on the right tire, soon the right landing gear collapsed. My aircraft suffered steel tube air frame damage forward of the right gear attach point. Right gear breakage, bungee chord breakage, cracked outboard rib of the lower right wing, propeller strike with engine slow down. No personnel were injured and no fuel/oil leaked from the airplane. I believe the vortex/wake turbulence/jet blast of the citation as it passed over caused this incident. I also believe that had I performed a go around instead of landing, there would have been a midair collision. The pilot of the citation stated he should have had a TCASII so he could have seen me as landing traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMA SEL BI-PLANE LOST CTL DURING LNDG ROLL RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WHEN IT GND LOOPED CAUSED BY WAKE TURB OF A DEPARTING ACFT.

Narrative: WHILE APCHING TO LAND AT HICKORY REGIONAL ARPT, HICKORY, NC, I ATTEMPTED SEVERAL CALLS ON THE CTAF RADIO FREQ OBTAINED FROM MY 1994 AVIATION USA BOOK AND MY CURRENT FLT GUIDE ARPT DIRECTORY. AFTER RECEIVING NO RESPONSE, I VERY CAREFULLY LOOKED THE ATA OVER, TURNING TO EACH SIDE TO SEE THE PATTERN AND GND AREAS COMPLETELY. RECEIVING NO RESPONSES AND SEEING NOTHING ON ANY RWY, I SET UP TO LAND STRAIGHT IN FROM 1 MI OUT ON RWY 6. AS WE APCHED THE TOUCHDOWN END OF RWY 6 AT 25 FT AGL, THROTTLE OFF, GLIDING AT 80 MPH, MY PAX ANNOUNCED THERE WAS AN ACFT AT THE OTHER END OF THE RWY. SINCE I WAS WELL COMMITTED TO LAND AND THE RWY WAS 6400 FT LONG I CHOSE TO LAND. WHILE ON THE ROLLOUT AFTER LNDG AN ACFT PASSED OVERHEAD FROM RWY 24. I LATER FOUND OUT IT WAS A CESSNA CITATION. THE JET PASSED OVERHEAD ABOUT 100 FT ABOVE ME. SHORTLY AFTER THE CITATION PASSED OVER, THE WAKE TURB AND/OR WINGTIP VORTEX LIFTED THE TAIL OF MY BIPLANE FROM THE GND CAUSING ME TO LOSE CTL OF THE STEERABLE TAILWHEEL. THE JET BLAST AND VORTEX CAUSED SEVERE XWINDS WHICH LIFTED MY L WING, ROTATED THE AIRPLANE 90 DEGS TO THE RWY AND ACCELERATED MY ROLLOUT. BRAKING WITH MY R BRAKE I ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE L TURN, HOWEVER AS THE PLANE BEGAN TO SKIP ON THE R TIRE, SOON THE R LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED. MY ACFT SUFFERED STEEL TUBE AIR FRAME DAMAGE FORWARD OF THE R GEAR ATTACH POINT. R GEAR BREAKAGE, BUNGEE CHORD BREAKAGE, CRACKED OUTBOARD RIB OF THE LOWER R WING, PROP STRIKE WITH ENG SLOW DOWN. NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED AND NO FUEL/OIL LEAKED FROM THE AIRPLANE. I BELIEVE THE VORTEX/WAKE TURB/JET BLAST OF THE CITATION AS IT PASSED OVER CAUSED THIS INCIDENT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT HAD I PERFORMED A GAR INSTEAD OF LNDG, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MIDAIR COLLISION. THE PLT OF THE CITATION STATED HE SHOULD HAVE HAD A TCASII SO HE COULD HAVE SEEN ME AS LNDG TFC.

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.

Pilot of small aircraft sel bi-plane lost control during landing roll resulting in damage to the aircraft when it ground looped caused by wake turbulence of a departing aircraft.