# Accident 19780909032669A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Deland, FL, September 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1978
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102BA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 521 total, 42 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLA50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLA50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780909032669A

## Narrative

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

EXPERIMENTAL ACFT.ENGINE-MCCULLOUGH 101MC.

## 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 MIA78FLA50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLA50), Sep 9, 1978: Birdman TL1A (N102BA), Deland, FL, 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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