# Accident 19780927036599A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Angola, NY, September 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1978
- Place: Angola, NY
- Airport: Angola Airway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.6379° N, 79.0295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angola, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6379&lon=-79.0295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56CN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 815 total, 1 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FFJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFJ40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927036599A

## Narrative

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

ACFT 93LB OVR FT GW.DIVERGENT PITCHING OCRD ON 3RD TEST FLT.PLT IY FM NOSE GR RETRACT ROD.

## 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 NYC79FFJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFJ40), Sep 27, 1978: Varieze CN-VEZ (N56CN), Angola, NY, substantial damage, 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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