# Accident 19890927036589A: Cessna T188C, Spur, TX, September 27, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1989, 07:15 local time
- Place: Spur, TX
- Airport: Spur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LUVG
- Location: 33.4702° N, 100.8505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4702&lon=-100.8505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3382J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3382J-1991-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 800 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89DQG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DQG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890927036589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TRIED TO ABORT A TAKEOFF FOR A PERCEIVED LACK OF FULL POWER. UNABLE TO STOP,STRUCK COMBINE AT END OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW89DQG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DQG07), Sep 27, 1989: Cessna T188C (N3382J), Spur, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: PARTIAL POWER LOSS FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FARM EQUIPMENT PARKED NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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