# Accident 19760404010899A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Sonoma, CA, April 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1976
- Place: Sonoma, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.2239° N, 122.4497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SONOMA VALLEY (0Q3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2239&lon=-122.4497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FVD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVD28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760404010899A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 OAK76FVD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVD28), Apr 4, 1976: Breezy (N15S), Sonoma, CA, 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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