# NTSB UNK65X1419: Grunau Baby, N3371G, Elsinore, CA, February 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 14, 1965
- 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: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1419
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1419

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0630  65/2/14    ELSINORE CALIF      GRUNAU BABY         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 31, 32 TOTAL
        TIME - 1530                    N3371G              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3371G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3371G-2011-06-13), registration cancelled 2011-06-13, S/N 120, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUNAU BABY
- Registry model: [Grunau Baby Glider II-B-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/grunau-baby-glider-ii-b-2) (registry code 3800425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- 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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