# Helpling Helen C TANGO 2

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05631ZX
- Manufacturer (registry): HELPLING HELEN C
- Model: TANGO 2
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/helpling-helen-c-tango-2

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 ERA14LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA180), Apr 4, 2014: Helpling Helen C Tango 2 (N599WT), Ocala, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control after the left cockpit canopy opened during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined due to fire damage.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20140404008889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140404008889A), Apr 4, 2014: Helpling Helen C TANGO 2 (N599WT), Ocala, FL, Destroyed. On April 4, 2014, about 1620 EDT time, an experimental amateur-built Helpling tango 2, N599WT, was destroyed during collision with terrain and a subsequent…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Alexander Vagner TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-vagner-tango-2): 4 registered aircraft, registry code 05635OT
- [Pavel Vagner TANGO2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pavel-vagner-tango2): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05637KF
- [Pavel Vagner TANGO2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pavel-vagner-tango2): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05638UN
- [Kemmet Alvin R TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/kemmet-alvin-r-tango-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607ZM
- [ST Clair David L TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/st-clair-david-l-tango-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056213S
- [Bareiss David A TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/bareiss-david-a-tango-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05623O8
- [Scott Allen L JR TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/scott-allen-l-jr-tango-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05629NT
- [Paul Vagner TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/paul-vagner-tango-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056343N
- [James D Futrelle TANGO2](https://openairdocs.org/model/james-d-futrelle-tango2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056362T
- [Jon F Carleton TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/jon-f-carleton-tango-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05636HE
- [Medy P Medel JR TANGO2](https://openairdocs.org/model/medy-p-medel-jr-tango2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05637KL
- [Musa Aziz Khalil TANGO 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/musa-aziz-khalil-tango-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05637SF

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