# Accident 20230604003339A: Cessna 402C, Charlotte Amali, VI, June 4, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2023, 14:51 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, VI
- Airport: Cyril E King, Charlotte Amalie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HIYA
- Location: 17.6941° N, 64.8012° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.6941&lon=-64.8012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7037E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7037E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230604003339A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 4, 2023, APPROXIMATELY 2:53PM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(STT-EIS) SUFFERED A BIRD STRIKE JUST NORTH OF WATER ISLAND, ST. THOMAS. THE BIRD WENT THROUGH THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD (CO-PILOT SIDE) MIDAIR. BIRD IDENTIFIED BY, USDA, WAS A BOOBY (SEABIRD). A COMBINATION OF THE BIRD, AS AN OBJECT BREAKING THROUGH THE GLASS, AND THE RESULTING FRAGMENTS OF THE WINDSHIELD DAMAGED AND OTHER PARTS OF THE PLANE STRUCK PASSENGERS ON THE AIRCRAFT. VIPA’S ARFF DEPARTMENT TREATED TWO PASSENGERS: A MALE THAT SUFFERED A MINOR LACERATION TO THE NOSE AND REPORTED PAIN TO THE FRONT OF HIS HEAD. A FEMALE PASSENGER WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LACERATION UNDER HER RIGHT EYE AND ALSO TRAUMA TO THE RIGHT EYE—THAT SAW IT SWOLLEN SHUT. THOSE TWO PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN VIA AMBULANCE TO SCHNEIDER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (SRMC), ST. THOMAS VI. THE THREE OTHER PASSENGERS WERE ALSO TREATED BY VIPA ARFF. AFTER THE ARFF ASSESSMENT, IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THEY TOO BE CHECKED OUT AT THE HOSPITAL. THE THREE REMAINING PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO SRMC WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CAPE AIR PERSONNEL VIA PERSONAL OWNED VEHICLES. UPDATE, PASSENGER HAS A FRACTURED ORBIT OF THE SKULL EVELATING THIS TO AN ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA23LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA257), Jun 4, 2023: Cessna 402 (N7037E), Charlotte Amalie, CB, minor damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird while entering the traffic pattern.

## Other reports on N7037E (2)

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

- [Incident 20150719013119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150719013119I), Jul 19, 2015: Cessna 402C (N7037E), St. Thomas, VI, Minor damage. Aircraft taxied from ramp to taxiway a and hit a taxiway light with the left propeller prior to takeoff resulting in damage to the left propeller. Aircraft…
- [Accident 20000630011179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630011179A), Jun 30, 2000: Cessna 402C (N7037E), Naples, FL, No damage. (-23) Pilot departed key west inter. Airport on scheduled flight no.1212 at approx. 1215 hrs. LCL on an IFR flight plan for Naples muni airport. At 1225 hrs.…

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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