What happened
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(-23) Pilot reported that a commercial jet was landing on 16R and that he was cleared to 16L. He landed long to reduce the possibility of wake turbulence but the turbulence evidently drifted to his runway. When he was flaring about 8 to 10 feet above the runway, the air was blown from under his aircraft and it hit the runway hard. Then as he slowed to turn onto the cross taxiway to the right he lost the hydraulic brake on the left main wheel. The aircraft then veered to the right and the propeller struck a landing light and the radio also went dead. He finally got the radio working and contacted the tower to explain the problems. The aircraft was towed to the jet west maintenance facility and inspected. The nose gear assembly was bent, the propeller was damaged at the tip of one blade. The pitot tube located at the bottom of the right wing was missing, and the left plastic brake line was split just above the brake caliper assembly.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT A COMMERCIAL JET WAS LANDING ON 16R AND THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO 16L. HE LANDED LONG TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF WAKE TURBULENCE BUT THE TURBULENCE EVIDENTLY DRIFTED TO HIS RUNWAY. WHEN HE WAS FLARING ABOUT 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE AIR WAS BLOWN FROM UNDER HIS AIRCRAFT AND IT HIT THE RUNWAY HARD. THEN AS HE SLOWED TO TURN ONTO THE CROSS TAXIWAY TO THE RIGHT HE LOST THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE ON THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK A LANDING LIGHT AND THE RADIO ALSO WENT DEAD. HE FINALLY GOT THE RADIO WORKING AND CONTACTED THE TOWER TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE JET WEST MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND INSPECTED. THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS BENT, THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AT THE TIP OF ONE BLADE. THE PITOT TUBE LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING WAS MISSING, AND THE LEFT PLASTIC BRAKE LINE WAS SPLIT JUST ABOVE THE BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY.
Other reports on N880RS · 2
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