# Accident 19730819026819A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Salem, IL, August 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1973
- Place: Salem, IL
- Airport: Salem-Leckrone
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.6429° N, 88.9642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALEM-LECKRONE (SLO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6429&lon=-88.9642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1SK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK73X0121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK73X0121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730819026819A

## Narrative

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

VOLKSWAGEN 1600CC.CONTROL STICK,CRACKS FOUND TO HAVE OCCRD BFR FINAL FAILURE.OVRHEATED DRG BRAZING

## 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 UNK73X0121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK73X0121), Aug 19, 1973: Taylor Titch (N1SK), Salem, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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