Morgan SPORT COPTER VORTEX N924WG

Summary

On 19 September 2021 at about 03:00 local time, a Morgan SPORT COPTER VORTEX registered N924WG was involved in an accident near Kingsland, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 September 2021 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingsland, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Shirley Williams Airport (44TE)

Coordinates

30.6582, -98.4406

Aircraft

Morgan SPORT COPTER VORTEX

Registration

N924WG

Category

Gyrocraft

Year built

2011

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN21LA447

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s diverted attention which resulted in an inadvertent descent and subsequent collision with a lake.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the gyroplane took off uneventfully. About 400 ft above the ground, the pilot’s hat started to blow off in the wind. Concerned his hat and headset would blow off into the pusher propeller, he adjusted his hat and headset to insure they were secure, but “lost focus on flying.” By the time he’d secured his hat and headset, the gyroplane was at too low of an altitude to recover from the descent. It impacted in a lake about ¼ mile from the departure end of the runway. The gyroplane’s main rotor assembly sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the aircraft that would have precluded normal operations.  

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.