# Accident 20210919015929A: Michael W Morgan SPORT COPTER VORTEX, Kingsland, TX, September 19, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2021, 11:02 local time
- Place: Kingsland, TX
- Airport: Shirley Williams Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6582° N, 98.4406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6582&lon=-98.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924WG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N924WG-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Michael W Morgan SPORT COPTER VORTEX (registry code 056304X, https://openairdocs.org/model/michael-w-morgan-sport-copter-vortex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MICHAEL W MORGAN SPORT COPTER VORTEX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,084 total, 71 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA447) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210919015929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 16 AT SHIRLEY WILLIAMS AIRSTRIP (44TE) NEAR KINGSLAND TEXAS AT 11AM. CLIMBED TO 4OO FEET WHEN THE PILOTS BALL CAP AND HEADSET WAS AFFECTED BY THE WIND. AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT LOST OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO RECOVER. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE LAKE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT SANK IN THE LAKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING IMPACT WITH THE WATER.

## 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 CEN21LA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA447), Sep 19, 2021: Morgan Sport Copter Vortex (N924WG), Kingsland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s diverted attention which resulted in an inadvertent descent and subsequent collision with a lake.

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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