# Accident 19740423009509A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Fabens, TX, April 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1974
- Place: Fabens, TX
- Airport: Fabens
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 31.5172° N, 106.1471° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FABENS (E35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5172&lon=-106.1471&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,213 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DQD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQD18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740423009509A

## Narrative

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

GROUND MOUNDS ALONG RWY EDGE.GUSTS TO 37K.

## 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 FTW74DQD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQD18), Apr 23, 1974: Midget Mustng (N955Z), Fabens, 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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