# Accident 19781104040199A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, IL, November 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1978
- Place: IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Aircraft: N762RD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 20 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEV03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEV03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781104040199A

## 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 CHI79FEV03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEV03), Nov 4, 1978: Starduster TOO (N762RD), Nhenderson, IL, 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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