# NTSB MIA82DA024: Hawker Sdly HS-748, St Thomas, VI, December 27, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 27, 1981
- Place: St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 36 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122737
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER SDLY HS-748
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Harry S Truman

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.

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