- Date
- June 13, 1986, 02:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34889Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860613024239A
- Case key
- 22038
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pax, the plt had been drinking prior to the flt. After takeoff, the plt decided that perhaps he was not in any condition to fly, so he elected to return to the arpt & land. Rprtdly, his seat belt had gotten caught in the door, & on final apch, the door opened. This distracted the plt, & subsequently, the acft touched down short of the rwy, then skidded 255 ft before stopping. The plt's seat belt was not fastened. He was thrown out of the acft & was seriously injured. The pax's seat belt was fastened & she received only minor injuries. A toxicology check showed that the plt had a blood/alcohol lvl of 0.29%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34889
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702067
- Airframe hours
- 2,890
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Permian Rat Hole Drilling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1986
- Destination
- AUS · Austin, TX
- Airport
- E02 · Odessa-Schlemeyer, runway 20, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 100 in this make and model · 135 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.