# Accident 19780730036689A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Oshkosh, WI, July 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1978
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18FK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 674 total, 82 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEP52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780730036689A

## Narrative

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

LOW BASE LEG WITH TURN TO FINAL AT APRX 50-100FT AGL.

## 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 CHI78FEP52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP52), Jul 30, 1978: Thorp T-18 (N18FK), Oshkosh, WI, 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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