# Accident 20180716011329A: Cessna 182, Odessa, TX, July 16, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2018, 14:20 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Odessa-Schlemeyer Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9225° N, 102.3881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9225&lon=-102.3881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182GQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182GQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONTIENTAL 0-470-U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180716011329A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 16, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 LOCAL TIME, N182GQ, A CESSNA 182 WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON THE TAXIWAY NEAR RUNWAY 11 AT ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FIELD IN ODESSA, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PEARLAND, TEXAS ON JULY 16, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 LOCAL TIME.

## 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 CEN18LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA272), Jul 16, 2018: Cessna 182 (N182GQ), Odessa, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: An on-ground fire for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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