PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Engineer; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 21.7; Flight Crew Total 16621; Flight Crew Type 98.6
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure
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.
PA32 pilot reported encountering wake turbulence from a commercial jet that resulted a harder than normal landing and a flat nose gear tire.