# Incident 19800701059139I: Hwksly DH1142X, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, July 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1980, 11:45 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Harry S Truman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PQAA
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N573PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N573PR-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DH 114 HERON 2X (registry code 2800508, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh-114-heron-2x) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HWKSLY DH1142X
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800701059139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TAXI TO PARKING AREA STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N573PR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790402012219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790402012219I), Apr 2, 1979: Hwksly DH1142X (N573PR), San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mechanic starting engine for taxi to the hangar. Co-worker struck on the head by the prop.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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