Hawker Siddeley HS-748 VPLVN
3 March 1988 · St Thomas · No injuries
Summary
On 3 March 1988 at about 18:20 local time, a Hawker Siddeley HS-748 registered VPLVN was involved in an accident near St Thomas. 14 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St Thomas
- Nearest airport
- Charlotte Amalie (STT)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Hawker Siddeley HS-748
- Registration
- VPLVN
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 129: Foreign
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St. Thomas → Tortola
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA88LA123
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Probable cause
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
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Hawker Siddeley HS-748 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 1983 | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-2A | Pinckneyville, Illinois, United States | Air Illinois, Inc | Fatal | 10 |