# NTSB LAX83FUG19: Homebuilt Gypsy Hawk, N71RJ, Hemet, CA, February 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1983, 21:00 local (Feb 14, 1983, 05:00 UTC)
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Location: 33.7275° N, 117.0378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from HEMET-RYAN (HMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7275&lon=-117.0378&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUG19
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG19

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT DURING THE DEPARTURE PHASE OF A TOUCH & GO LANDING. THE OWNER WOULD NOT ALLOW INSPECTION OF THE ACFT FOR 4 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION PARTS OF THE ACFT, INCLUDING THE ENGINE, WERE REMOVED AND STORED AT ANOTHER LOCATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71RJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71RJ-1984-01-03), registration cancelled 1984-01-03, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT GYPSY HAWK
- Registry model: [Jameson RJJ-1 GYPSY HAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/jameson-rjj-1-gypsy-hawk) (registry code 0562235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1
- Airframe hours: 251
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Michael A. Giordano
- Last inspection: Annual, January 13, 1983, 5 hours before
- Departed: RIVERSIDE, CA
- Destination: HEMET, CA
- Airport: HMT, Hemet-Ryan, runway 23, 4,315 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 7 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830213036699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830213036699A), Feb 13, 1983: Amtr HAWK, Hemet, CA, Substantial damage. Crash occurred when engine quit after liftoff. Aircraft flipped during emergency landing.

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.

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