- Date
- October 23, 1982, 11:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Eloy, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1335GHobbs B8M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821023054909A
- Case key
- 70586
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The gyrocopter crashed approximately 125 ft short of & 30-45 ft to the right of the rwy threshold during proficiency flying.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1335G
- Reported as
- Hobbs B8M
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JOH1
- Engine
- Mcculloch 4318, 72 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack O. Hobbs
- Registered owner
- Jack O. Hobbs
- Departed
- E60 · Eloy, AZ
- Destination
- E60 · Eloy, AZ
- Airport
- E60 · Eloy Municipal Airport, runway 20, 3,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
N1335GRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 1988 · Hobbs Jack O HOBBS B8MAirframe modelHobbs Jack O HOBBS B8M
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHD, 31 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.