# Accident 19780628014989A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Tacoma, WA, June 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1978
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Clover Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 47.2529° N, 122.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tacoma, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2529&lon=-122.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N688Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 685 total, 67 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYE27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYE27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780628014989A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 SEA78DYE27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYE27), Jun 28, 1978: Pietenpol Bowers (N688Y), Tacoma, WA, 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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