# Accident 20240820010409A: Cessna 550, Odessa, TX, August 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2024, 07:00 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Odessa-Schlemeyer Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9109° N, 102.3861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9109&lon=-102.3861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N689VP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N689VP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,251 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240820010409A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 20, 2024, AT 0700 CDT, A CESSNA CE-550 ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF HIT A KNOWN OBJECT AND THEN IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A BUSINESS FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FIELD, ODESSA, TX ON AUGUST 20, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 0645 CDT.

## 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 CEN24FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA320), Aug 20, 2024: Cessna 550 (N689VP), Odessa, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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