Cessna 550 N689VP

Summary

On 20 August 2024 at about 12:00 local time, a Cessna 550 registered N689VP was involved in an accident near Odessa, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

20 August 2024 at 12:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (ODO)

Coordinates

31.9109, -102.3861

Aircraft

Cessna 550

Registration

N689VP

Category

Airplane

Year built

1991

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Odessa → Houston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN24FA320

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.