- Date
- September 27, 1989, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Spur, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3382JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890927036589A
- Case key
- 22713
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Probable cause
Partial power loss for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the farm equipment parked near the end of the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll, the pilot experienced a partial power loss and aborted the takeoff. His aircraft rolled off the end of the dirt runway and collided with a parked combine approximately 200 feet from the runway end. The engine was examined by FAA inspectors. Inspected components included the turbocharger, fuel strainer, fuel manifold valve, plugs, magnetos and cylinder assemblies. All were found to be in good conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3382J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803637T
- Airframe hours
- 3,786
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Kimmel Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1989 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 62F
- Airport
- 62F · Spur Muni, runway 35, 2,600 × 70 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.