# Accident 19781112035979A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Tarpon Springs, FL, November 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1978
- Place: Tarpon Springs, FL
- Airport: Lake Tarpon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 28.1250° N, 82.7269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TARPON (FA84), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1250&lon=-82.7269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1736 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,130 total, 0 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781112035979A

## 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 MIA79FLD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD15), Nov 12, 1978: Hoffman X2 (N1736), Tarpon Springs, 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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