# Accident 19780709038079A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Kokomo, IN, July 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1978
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 40.4864° N, 86.1336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kokomo, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4864&lon=-86.1336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46852 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 27 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780709038079A

## Narrative

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

FIBERGLASS AND FOAM USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI78FEX24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX24), Jul 9, 1978: Varieze (N46852), Kokomo, IN, 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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