# Accident 19731019033079A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Commerce, TX, October 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1973
- Place: Commerce, TX
- Airport: Commerce
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.2929° N, 95.8964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COMMERCE MUNI (2F7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2929&lon=-95.8964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 24 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731019033079A

## Narrative

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

PLT ATTEMPTED A SNAP ROLL 300 FT AGL IN A 3/4 SCALE MODEL JUNGMEISTER ACFT.

## 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 FTW74FPA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA07), Oct 19, 1973: Jungmeister Bucker (N701D), Commerce, TX, 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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