# Accident 19780521016069A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Lancaster, WI, May 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1978
- Place: Lancaster, WI
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 42.7825° N, 90.6811° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER MUNI (73C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7825&lon=-90.6811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4790 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 5 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEP35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEP35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521016069A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78DEP35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEP35), May 21, 1978: Mustang II (N4790), Lancaster, WI, 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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