A piper arrow pilot reported encountering wake turbulence from a commercial jet departure that passe...

Attributes
ACN	945612
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SJU.Airport
State Reference	PR
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28R Cherokee Arrow All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 300 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

I was leaving sig and entering [class] C airspace for sju. I was assigned a south heading until overhead the tower at sju. Upon reporting overhead; I was assigned a heading of 095; which had me under the path of a departing traffic from one of the runways below (runway 10). The traffic was a commercial jet flight which was less than two miles to my left. My heading had me [encounter] the wake turbulence of the jet. I lost 400-500 ft in the event and received trauma to the head. I was able to keep control of the aircraft; but my safety was compromised during the event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Piper Arrow pilot reported encountering wake turbulence from a commercial jet departure that passed over him. Pilot reported losing 400-500 FT altitude and receiving 'trauma to the head'.

Narrative: I was leaving SIG and entering [class] C airspace for SJU. I was assigned a south heading until overhead the Tower at SJU. Upon reporting overhead; I was assigned a heading of 095; which had me under the path of a departing traffic from one of the runways below (Runway 10). The traffic was a commercial jet flight which was less than two miles to my left. My heading had me [encounter] the wake turbulence of the jet. I lost 400-500 FT in the event and received trauma to the head. I was able to keep control of the aircraft; but my safety was compromised during the event.

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.

A piper arrow pilot reported encountering wake turbulence from a commercial jet departure that passed over him. Pilot reported losing 400-500 ft altitude and receiving 'trauma to the head'.