# Accident 19780617014459A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Norco, CA, June 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1978
- Place: Norco, CA
- Airport: Chino
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5SH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Reported engine: GLADEN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 676 total, 216 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780617014459A

## 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 LAX78FUG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUG34), Jun 17, 1978: Mustang II (N5SH), Norco, CA, destroyed, 2 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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