# Accident 19730408009399A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Naperville, IL, April 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1973
- Place: Naperville, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.7859° N, 88.1473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naperville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7859&lon=-88.1473&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6552 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,770 total, 4 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEE50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEE50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730408009399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MAGNETO IMPROPERLY TIMED.PREV LDG FARM FLD DUE MAG MALFUNCTION.UN GAIN OVR 200FT ALT LNDD ADJ FLD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI73FEE50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEE50), Apr 8, 1973: Volksplane 473 (N6552), Naperville, IL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.