# Accident 20200820013689A: Cessna 182B, Odessa, TX, August 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2020, 09:50 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Schlemeyer Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9222° N, 102.3847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9222&lon=-102.3847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N710NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N710NA-2021-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 799 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200820013689A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 20, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 0950 , A CESSNA 182B AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N710NA, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, GROUND LOOPED AFTER LANDING AT ODESSA TEXAS SCHLEMEYER AIRPORT (ODO).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GLE) ON AUGUST 20, 2020 ATAPPROXIMATELY 0715 .

## 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 CEN20CA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA355), Aug 20, 2020: Cessna 182 (N710NA), Odessa, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

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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