Hawker Sdly HS-748 VP-LIP

Summary

On 27 December 1981 at about 08:15 local time, a Hawker Sdly HS-748 registered VP-LIP, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near St Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States. 36 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 December 1981 at 08:15

Classification

Accident

Location

St Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States

Nearest airport

Harry S Truman

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Hawker Sdly HS-748

Registration

VP-LIP

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Other-Foreign Flag Carrier

Phase of flight

Taxi

Route

S → St Maarten, Na

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

C-0004

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

STRUCK GND PWR UNIT & TUG.TUG HAD STALLED AFTER GND PWR UNIT WAS USED TO START ENGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.