Narrative:

Returning from a local training flight with a student; the primary aircraft made a full-stop landing and exited the runway at taxiway A11. The student was in control of the aircraft with me (the instructor) operating the radios. After contacting tus ground control we were cleared to taxi to parking via taxiways a and D by the controller. During the taxi via taxiway a; an md-80 was seen to the left holding short of runway 11L at taxiway A4; perpendicular to our direction of taxi. As we approached the intersection; the student corrected positioned the ailerons into the possible jet blast and deviated to the right edge of the taxiway. When we got closer; I realized that there was not enough room to maneuver around the md-80 safely as it was further back from the hold short line of runway 11L than I had initially thought. I then instructed the student to go no further since there wasn't enough room. The student did not slow down as quickly as I expected and by the time I had assisted him in stopping the aircraft we were behind the left engine of the md-80. At that time the airliner increased thrust to move into position on the runway for takeoff. The jet blast caught our aircraft under the left wing; lifting and pushing us to the right; off of the taxiway and into the paved ramp area. The resulting uncontrolled movement tipped the aircraft; causing it to strike the right wingtip and the propeller on the tarmac. The aircraft then came to a stop on its wheels with no further damage. I then proceeded to secure the engine although the propeller strike had already caused the engine to quit. Neither the student nor I were injured and the damaged to the propeller and wingtip were minor. We did not receive any warning from ground control about the md-80 about to enter the runway and our last instruction from ground control was our taxi clearance from taxiway A11. I am certain the md-80 was not even aware of our positioning at the time of the incident. I believe that this incident was easily avoidance. As pilot in command; I could have recognized the hazard sooner and stopped the aircraft before it was put into a dangerous location. The ground and local controllers could have shown more vigilance and coordination in providing warning about the airliner that was about to increase thrust to take the runway. Fortunately; the result was only a lightly damaged aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While taxiing too close behind an MD80 awaiting takeoff clearance; a C172 was upset and suffered a damaged wingtip and sudden engine stoppage when the MD80 advanced power to take the runway.

Narrative: Returning from a local training flight with a student; the primary aircraft made a full-stop landing and exited the runway at Taxiway A11. The student was in control of the aircraft with me (the Instructor) operating the radios. After contacting TUS Ground Control we were cleared to taxi to parking via Taxiways A and D by the Controller. During the taxi via Taxiway A; an MD-80 was seen to the left holding short of Runway 11L at Taxiway A4; perpendicular to our direction of taxi. As we approached the intersection; the student corrected positioned the ailerons into the possible jet blast and deviated to the right edge of the taxiway. When we got closer; I realized that there was not enough room to maneuver around the MD-80 safely as it was further back from the hold short line of Runway 11L than I had initially thought. I then instructed the student to go no further since there wasn't enough room. The student did not slow down as quickly as I expected and by the time I had assisted him in stopping the aircraft we were behind the left engine of the MD-80. At that time the airliner increased thrust to move into position on the runway for takeoff. The jet blast caught our aircraft under the left wing; lifting and pushing us to the right; off of the taxiway and into the paved ramp area. The resulting uncontrolled movement tipped the aircraft; causing it to strike the right wingtip and the propeller on the tarmac. The aircraft then came to a stop on its wheels with no further damage. I then proceeded to secure the engine although the propeller strike had already caused the engine to quit. Neither the student nor I were injured and the damaged to the propeller and wingtip were minor. We did not receive any warning from Ground Control about the MD-80 about to enter the runway and our last instruction from Ground Control was our taxi clearance from Taxiway A11. I am certain the MD-80 was not even aware of our positioning at the time of the incident. I believe that this incident was easily avoidance. As Pilot in Command; I could have recognized the hazard sooner and stopped the aircraft before it was put into a dangerous location. The Ground and Local Controllers could have shown more vigilance and coordination in providing warning about the airliner that was about to increase thrust to take the runway. Fortunately; the result was only a lightly damaged aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.