# Accident 19760305003269A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Newton, KS, March 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1976
- Place: Newton, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.0377° N, 97.3450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newton, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0377&lon=-97.3450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99775 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,486 total, 248 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FCQ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCQ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760305003269A

## Narrative

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

UNRECOVERABLE MODE BY HI ANGLE ATTACK GAW-2 WING.SPIN TEST CHARACTERISTICS OF GAW-1 AIRFOIL.

## 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 MKC76FCQ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCQ38), Mar 5, 1976: Bede BD-5J (N99775), Newton, KS, destroyed

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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