# Accident 19780423009079A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Offerle, KS, April 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1978
- Place: Offerle, KS
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.8907° N, 99.5603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Offerle, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8907&lon=-99.5603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64585 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 77 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCQ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423009079A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTS TO 30KTS.

## 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 MKC78FCQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCQ19), Apr 23, 1978: Pitts S1D (N64585), Offerle, KS, substantial damage

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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