# Accident 19730516014039A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Chino, CA, May 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1973
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1SR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73FUG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730516014039A

## Narrative

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

HIT 35 FT TREES ABOUT 110 YDS SHORT OF RWY. GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 LAX73FUG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUG53), May 16, 1973: Nieuport 28 (N1SR), Chino, CA, 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.

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