# Accident 20210728012079A: Alexander Vagner TANGO 2, Childress, TX, July 28, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2021, 11:00 local time
- Place: Childress, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4338° N, 100.2880° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4338&lon=-100.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N910V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N910V-2023-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alexander Vagner TANGO 2 (registry code 05635OT, https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-vagner-tango-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Yamaha ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 80000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/yamaha-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALEXANDER VAGNER TANGO 2
- Reported engine: YAMAHA ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210728012079A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 28, 2021, AT 1129 CST, APPROXIMATELY, A 2017 ALEXANDER VAGNER TANGO 2 EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT GYRO PLANE, BEARING N910V, SERIAL NUMBER 000006, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDING AT CHILDRESS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCDS). THE SINGLE-ENGINE LAND GYRO PLANE WAS OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER USC TITLE 14 PART 91 RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE GYRO PLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS.

## 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 CEN21LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA342), Jul 28, 2021: Alexander Vagner Tango II (N910V), Childress, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control while landing the gyroplane.

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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