Cessna 400
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 2100; Flight Crew Type 1000
Human-Machine Interface
Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; General Maintenance Action
Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure
After being handed off by Approach; I was cleared by Tower to land following a C-130 performing a touch and go. After touching down; I began braking as the plane decelerated. Several seconds after touching down; the aircraft suddenly and forcefully veered off to the right on a heading off the runway towards the grassy median. I was able to continue taxing to the fire station and turned off my engine to inspect the aircraft. No damage was noted to the tires or wheel fairings or to the aircraft in general. In addition; no damage was noted to the runway environment. I started the engine and asked for taxi clearance to the FBO. A subsequent inspection by a Mechanic found no damage at all to the aircraft; including to the tires or wheel fairings; and no mechanical issues with the brakes. I believe that this event was caused by wake turbulence. I was cleared to land with no warning about wake turbulence. The separation was less than 2 minutes. The C-130 did a touch and go on a short final.
Columbia 400 pilot experiences a runway excursion after landing behind a C130 doing a touch and go. The reporter believes that wake turbulence caused his loss of control.