# NTSB MIA88LA123: Hawker Siddeley HS-748, St Thomas, March 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1988, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: St Thomas
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 14 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32147
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32147/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA123

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Propeller blast or jet exhaust/suction, standing
  - information - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - dispatch procedures - inadequate, ground personnel (cause)

## Analysis

THE CAPTAIN OF AIR BVI FLIGHT BL-222 STATED AS THEY WERE WAITING FOR CLEARANCE TO TAXI, THEY ENCOUNTERED THE JET BLAST FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 626 AS IT TAXIED FROM ITS GATE. THE RUDDER OF THE HS-748 WAS DMGD. THE AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT WAS UNAWARE THAT ANYONE WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM WHEN THEY STARTED TO TAXI.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VPLVN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER SIDDELEY HS-748
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1538
- Airframe hours: 35302
- Engines: Rolls-Royce 533 2200 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Registered owner: Air Bvi. Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, November 20, 1987
- Departed: STT, ST. THOMAS
- Destination: EIS, TORTOLA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: STT, Charlotte Amalie, runway 28, 5,358 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 9,918 total, 2,165 in this make and model, 9,900 as pilot in command, 148 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 8° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: STT

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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