# Accident 19730823027439A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Homer, NY, August 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1973
- Place: Homer, NY
- Airport: Bero
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 42.6372° N, 76.1854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6372&lon=-76.1854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31JT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DFJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFJ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730823027439A

## Narrative

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

ROD END BEARING ATTACH PUSH-PULL TORQUE TUBE TO RUDDER CTL HORN FAILED.ACFT & PLT UNCERTIFICATED.

## 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 NYC74DFJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFJ06), Aug 23, 1973: Jeanies Teenie (N31JT), Homer, NY, 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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