# Incident 19800728062819I: Hwksly DH1142X, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, July 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1980, 16:37 local time
- Place: St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 17.7397° N, 64.7388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Croix, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7397&lon=-64.7388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N576PR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HWKSLY DH1142X
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31,000 total, 14,400 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/19800728062819I

## Narrative

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

FLAMES FROM VENT AREA OF COWL. CLAMP THAT SECURES EXHAUST STACKS HAD SEPARATED.

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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