# Accident 19810204002719A: Piper PA23250, Odessa, TX, February 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1981, 01:05 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Schlemeyer
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63900, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63900-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810204002719A

## Narrative

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

HIGH SPEED POWER ON GROUND IMPACT.  PILOT HAD SUFFERED SINUS AND VERTIGO ATTACKS. PROCEEDED VFR IN IMC.

## 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 FTW81FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA027), Feb 4, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N63900), Odessa, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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