# Accident 19760729024239A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Mansfield, OH, July 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1976
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEI39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEI39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760729024239A

## Narrative

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

ELEV HORN TO ELEV ATTACH RIVETS SHEARED.EVIDENCE OF CORROSION ON RUDDER TRIM ATTACH RIVETS.

## 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 CHI76FEI39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEI39), Jul 29, 1976: M E Barker MB-1 (N57A), Mansfield, OH, 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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