# NTSB LAX67D0238: Focke-Wulf KR-111, N74128, Elsinore, CA, November 13, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: November 13, 1966
- Place: Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67D0238
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0238

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4298  66/11/13   ELSINORE CALIF      FOCKE-WULF KR-111   CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1501                    N74128              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 27, 910 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            45 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              TAKEOFF: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
        REMARKS- STUDENT INADVERTENTLY RELEASED TOW-LINE 100 FEET ABOVE GRND. INST TRIED 180 TURN TO LAND ON ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N74128](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74128-1966-11-28), registration cancelled 1966-11-28, S/N 52 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOCKE-WULF KR-111
- Registry model: [Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau KRANICH III](https://openairdocs.org/model/focke-wulf-flugzeugbau-kranich-iii) (registry code 056110E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Skylark Field

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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