PA32 pilot reported encountering wake turbulence from a commercial jet that resulted a harder than n...

Attributes
ACN	1635461
Time
Date	201904
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	GSO.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 21.7 Flight Crew Total 16621 Flight Crew Type 98.6
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

The first two touch and goes were uneventful. On the third landing; which was to be a full stop; the nose tire deflated and the prop tip struck the runway. Landing was behind a [commercial] jet. Wind was calm. I was informed by the tower that I was following [the commercial jet] 'caution wake turbulence.' then; I was told to turn base because he was fitting me in front of a king air. I planned my approach to touchdown past where I thought [the commercial jet] had touched down and slightly above what I perceived as his descent path. On touchdown; the nose seemed to come down harder than normal. I was on center line but the aircraft would not taxi. On inspection; it was noticed that the nose tire was deflated and the prop tip was slightly bent. I plan on getting additional training on wake turbulence avoidance; practice 'spot' landings; and will never let myself get rushed into landing behind a jet like this again! It is very helpful that wake turbulence is a topic for discussion and it should continue to be emphasized.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA32 pilot reported encountering wake turbulence from a commercial jet that resulted a harder than normal landing and a flat nose gear tire.

Narrative: The first two touch and goes were uneventful. On the third landing; which was to be a full stop; the nose tire deflated and the prop tip struck the runway. Landing was behind a [commercial] jet. Wind was calm. I was informed by the Tower that I was following [the commercial jet] 'caution wake turbulence.' Then; I was told to turn base because he was fitting me in front of a King Air. I planned my approach to touchdown past where I thought [the commercial jet] had touched down and slightly above what I perceived as his descent path. On touchdown; the nose seemed to come down harder than normal. I was on center line but the aircraft would not taxi. On inspection; it was noticed that the nose tire was deflated and the prop tip was slightly bent. I plan on getting additional training on wake turbulence avoidance; practice 'spot' landings; and will never let myself get rushed into landing behind a jet like this again! It is very helpful that wake turbulence is a topic for discussion and it should continue to be emphasized.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.