# Accident 19780811024639A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Sn Luis Obspo, CA, August 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1978
- Place: Sn Luis Obspo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5500K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,049 total, 6 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FVM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FVM39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780811024639A

## Narrative

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

RT AIL CNTRL CABLE JAMMED IN PULLEY DURING RT TURN & ACFT CRASHEDLEY CABLE GUARD OPEN TOO FAR.

## 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 LAX78FVM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FVM39), Aug 11, 1978: M Larson 1 (N5500K), Sn Luis Obspo, CA, destroyed

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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