# NTSB CEN24FA320: Cessna 550, N689VP, Odessa, TX, August 20, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report
- Date: August 20, 2024, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Coordinates: 31.910877, -102.3861 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9109&lon=-102.3861&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: TSB Canada, Textron Aviation, FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194962
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24FA320
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194962/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA320

## Preliminary report

On August 20, 2024, about 0700 central daylight time, a Cessna 550 airplane, N689VP, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Odessa, Texas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. A person on the ground was seriously injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The airplane departed Odessa Airport-Schlemeyer Field (ODO), Odessa, Texas, from runway 16. A pilot-certificated witness heard the airplane’s engines and noted that they sounded unusual, so he went to observe the airplane. He saw the airplane as it flew down the last 1/3 portion of the 5,003 ft long runway, about 10 ft above ground level in a near level attitude. The airplane then collided with power lines and a restaurant building. Impact signatures were consistent with the airplane colliding with power lines and a one-story restaurant. The right main landing gear sheared and was entangled in the building’s roof. The airplane came to rest about 150 yards south and impacted two garage areas. A post impact fire ensued which consumed a majority of the airplane. Remnants of all the primary flight controls were located at the accident site. The parking brake valve was located and found in the disengaged position. A cockpit voice recorder was located in the wreckage and sent to the National Transportation Safety Board vehicle recorders lab for download. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 550, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2076604), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N689VP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N689VP), registered now, S/N 550-0689, built 1991 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Registry model: [Cessna 550](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (registry code 2076604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (registry code 52112, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 550-0689
- Year built: 1991
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: N689vp LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: KODO, Odessa, TX
- Destination: KEFD, Houston, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ODO, Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld, runway 16, 6,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.16 inHg
- Observed at: KODO, 1 nm away
- METAR: KODO 201153Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02670144 10300 20267 53004

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20240820010409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240820010409A), Aug 20, 2024: Cessna 550, Odessa, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. 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…

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.

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