# Accident 20070519009969A: Cessna A188B, Fabens, TX, May 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Fabens, TX
- Airport: Fabens
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NRQG
- Location: 31.5156° N, 106.1472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5156&lon=-106.1472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3863J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3863J-2008-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,274 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070519009969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 19, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0945, N3863J, A CESSNA CE-188-A188A, DEPARTED FABIENS AIRPORT, FABIENS, TEXAS FOR THE FIRST PASS OF AERIAL APPLICATION. ON DEPARTURE RUNWAY 26, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.3

## 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 DFW07CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA117), May 19, 2007: Cessna A188B (N3863J), Fabens, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for the existing wind conditions during takeoff. A contributing factor was the crosswind.

## Other reports on N3863J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890727050729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890727050729I), Jul 27, 1989: Cessna A188B (N3863J), Joliet, MT, Minor damage. At full power on start of takeoff roll one propeller blade was thrown out of hub. Aborted. Cause not stated.

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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