# Accident 19740527016099A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Salem, OR, May 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1974
- Place: Salem, OR
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 44.9429° N, 123.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salem, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9429&lon=-123.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93003 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,925 total, 3 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FYC56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYC56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740527016099A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING SEPARATED DURING PROHIBITED LOOP MANEUVERS.

## 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 SEA74FYC56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYC56), May 27, 1974: May Flybaby 1 (N93003), Salem, OR, 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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