# Accident 19780429012449A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Lompoc, CA, April 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1978
- Place: Lompoc, CA
- Airport: Lompoc
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.6656° N, 120.4675° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOMPOC (LPC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6656&lon=-120.4675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56RM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Reported engine: AMTRVW
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 1 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUQ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429012449A

## Narrative

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

PROPELLER DRIVE SHAFT.

## 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 LAX78FUQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUQ23), Apr 29, 1978: Makurat 5-BX (N56RM), Lompoc, 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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