Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Fabens Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fabens, Texas 79838
Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:10 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
According to the pilot, the airplane was loaded with 80 gallons of cottonseed oil and 30 gallons of aviation gasoline. He taxied to the departure end of the runway and performed a 'normal full rich mixture and full throttle roll' then lifted off approximately 1/3 down the length of the runway. The pilot stated that the airplane climbed approximately 100 feet above the ground and then encountered a 'windshear...and there was a loss of lift.' The pilot added that the airplane's engine was producing 'full power and red line RPM and full rich mixture.' He attempted to maintain altitude without stalling the airplane; however, the propeller clipped a power line. The airplane's left wing impacted a power line pole, the airplane's right wing then impacted another power line pole, and the airplane came to rest against a brick fence. According to the El Paso weather facility, located 22 miles northwest of the accident site, there were towering cumulonimbus clouds to the southeast near the time of the accident.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions. A factor was the windshear weather conditions.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/22/1999 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 910 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | FABENS |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 79838 |
| Event Date Year | 1999 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FABENS AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | E35 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 260 |
| Airport Elevation | 3679 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 851 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 328 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ELP |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 3958 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 22 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 12000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 12000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Thin Broken |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 23 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 5533 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 848 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 22 1999 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1220 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 12 2000 11:44AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6736Z |
| NTSB Number | FTW99LA197 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 137: Agricultural |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | PA-25-235 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-25-235 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 25-2349 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2900 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 4 1998 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 128 |
| Airframe Hours | 7107 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CURTIS L. HEMME |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 303 BAUMAN ROAD |
| Aircraft Owner City | EL PASO |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 79927 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | EAGLE AG SERVICE |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 1642 |
| Operator City | FABENS |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 79838 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Agriculture |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Unknown |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Unknown |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Unknown |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Aerial Application |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | E35 |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 910 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 26 |
| Runway Length | 4200 |
| Runway Width | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |