C172 pilot reported momentary loss of control on approach and landing to lgb runway 25L when he enco...

Attributes
ACN	1104153
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LGB.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

On approach and landing to runway 25L the aircraft approach path penetrates directly behind a parked [airbus widebody] at a 90 degree angle. On this occasion (and one previously in a C152) the [airbus] had powered up its engines to finish its last few feet of taxi into its parking spot underneath the ATC tower. The high powered jet blast caused the landing aircraft to temporarily go out of control and be blown off course (off the centerline of the runway.) although control was regained in both situations; there is potential for a serious accident--especially if an inexperienced or student pilot is at the controls (as is very likely for runway 25L since most student pilots use this runway when at lgb.) I reported the event to the ground controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported momentary loss of control on approach and landing to LGB Runway 25L when he encountered jet blast from a widebody Airbus on the ground.

Narrative: On approach and landing to Runway 25L the aircraft approach path penetrates directly behind a parked [Airbus widebody] at a 90 degree angle. On this occasion (and one previously in a C152) the [Airbus] had powered up its engines to finish its last few feet of taxi into its parking spot underneath the ATC Tower. The high powered jet blast caused the landing aircraft to temporarily go out of control and be blown off course (off the centerline of the runway.) Although control was regained in both situations; there is potential for a serious accident--especially if an inexperienced or student pilot is at the controls (as is very likely for Runway 25L since most student pilots use this runway when at LGB.) I reported the event to the Ground Controller.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

C172 pilot reported momentary loss of control on approach and landing to lgb runway 25L when he encountered jet blast from a widebody airbus on the ground.