# Accident 19781022036579A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Cloverdale, IN, October 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1978
- Place: Cloverdale, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 39.5212° N, 86.7987° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cloverdale, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5212&lon=-86.7987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7133, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7133-2014-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spindler CASSUTT SPORT (registry code 197042R, https://openairdocs.org/model/spindler-cassutt-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 16 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEX02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781022036579A

## 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 CHI79FEX02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX02), Oct 22, 1978: Cassutt LSS (N7133), Cloverdale, IN, 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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