# Accident 19780218003159A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Lincoln, CA, February 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1978
- Place: Lincoln, CA
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.8779° N, 121.3040° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lincoln, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8779&lon=-121.3040&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7GS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 912 total, 912 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780218003159A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED 2MIN AFT TKOF,NOT REFUELED SINCE AUG 77.

## 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 OAK78FVG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVG21), Feb 18, 1978: Breezy Stokie (N7GS), Lincoln, 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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