# NTSB LAX83FUJ02: Hobbs B8M, N1335G, Eloy, AZ, October 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: October 23, 1982, 11:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70586
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUJ02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70586/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUJ02

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1335G-1988-04-07), registration cancelled 1988-04-07, S/N JOH1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOBBS B8M
- Registry model: [Hobbs Jack O HOBBS B8M](https://openairdocs.org/model/hobbs-jack-o-hobbs-b8m) (registry code 13021GM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number: JOH1
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821023054909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821023054909A), Oct 23, 1982: Amtrbx BENSENB8M, Eloy, AZ, Substantial damage. Gyrocopter crashed 125 feet short of runway threshold during proficiency flying.

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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