# Accident 19780807021659A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Liberal, KS, August 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1978
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 37.0461° N, 100.9277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberal, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0461&lon=-100.9277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36EZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 584 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCQ36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780807021659A

## 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 MKC78FCQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCQ36), Aug 7, 1978: Vari-Eze (N36EZ), Liberal, KS, destroyed, 1 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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