- Date
- December 27, 1981
- Place
- St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- Injuries
- 36 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- VP-LIPHawker Sdly HS-748
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122737
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-0004 81/12/27 ST THOMAS,VI HAWKER SDLY HS-748 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0815 VP-LIP PX- 0 0 32 39, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S TRUMAN OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST THOMAS,VI ST MAARTEN,NA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK GND PWR UNIT & TUG.TUG HAD STALLED AFTER GND PWR UNIT WAS USED TO START ENGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VP-LIP
- Reported as
- Hawker Sdly HS-748
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Harry S Truman