# Accident 19740713022699A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Maize, KS, July 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1974
- Place: Maize, KS
- Airport: Jim Cole Farm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.7749° N, 97.4591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maize, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7749&lon=-97.4591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6827D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 374 total, 118 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75DCQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCQ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740713022699A

## Narrative

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

TREES ALONG SO BOUNDARY OF FLD.UNSTABLE WINDS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE.STEEPENED L BANK ACFT DSCNDD.

## 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 MKC75DCQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCQ07), Jul 13, 1974: Robinson MERE-M (N6827D), Maize, KS, 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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