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Incident

FAA incident report · Hwksly DH1142X · St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands · March 27, 1981

Date
March 27, 1981 · 12:10 local
Place
St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PQAA
Aircraft
N583PR
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81IA058
Reported as
Hwksly DH1142X
People aboard
15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,672 total5,629 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Blade clamp bolt separated from number 2 prop and piece of bolt penetrated window and struck passenger on the head.

As the FAA filed it

BLADE CLAMP BOLT SEPARATED FROM NUMBER 2 PROP AND PIECE OF BOLT PENETRATED WINDOW AND STRUCK PASSENGER ON THE HEAD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.