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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Kinner Sportsterk · Sonoma, CA · April 4, 1976

Date
April 4, 1976
Place
Sonoma, CA
Airport
Sonoma Valley
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N15S
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK76FVD28
Reported as
Kinner Sportsterk
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left lift strut failed during pull up. Interior of strut rusted to 1/2 normal wall thickness.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT LIFT STRUT FAILED DURING PULL UP.INTERIOR OF STRUT RUSTED TO 1/2 NORMAL WALL THICKNESS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.