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Pilot of a piper PA28 lost aircraft control momentarily during flare for landing due to turbulence from an idling B737 holding at the terminal for taxi instructions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 459429 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bur.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 25 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bur.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bur.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 3 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 459429 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : wake turbulence other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : aircraft controls other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : regained aircraft control none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Weather |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Landing runway 33 bur. Wind 020 degrees at 12 KTS gusting to 19 KTS. (See diagram other side.) B737 at gate, awaiting taxi clearance. Me (in PA28) final to flare. Sudden FLIP, full control deflection, barely made successful landing -- no time to go around.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A PIPER PA28 LOST ACFT CTL MOMENTARILY DURING FLARE FOR LNDG DUE TO TURB FROM AN IDLING B737 HOLDING AT THE TERMINAL FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS.
Narrative: LNDG RWY 33 BUR. WIND 020 DEGS AT 12 KTS GUSTING TO 19 KTS. (SEE DIAGRAM OTHER SIDE.) B737 AT GATE, AWAITING TAXI CLRNC. ME (IN PA28) FINAL TO FLARE. SUDDEN FLIP, FULL CTL DEFLECTION, BARELY MADE SUCCESSFUL LNDG -- NO TIME TO GO AROUND.
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.