# Accident 19780609031789A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Lapeer, MI, June 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1978
- Place: Lapeer, MI
- Airport: Lapeer
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 43.0452° N, 83.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lapeer, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0452&lon=-83.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8156 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEC35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780609031789A

## 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 CHI78FEC35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC35), Jun 9, 1978: Cassutt 111M (N8156), Lapeer, MI, destroyed

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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