# Accident 19781202036959A: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Moncks Corner, SC, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978
- Place: Moncks Corner, SC
- Airport: Berkeley County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.1848° N, 80.0370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERKELEY COUNTY (MKS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1848&lon=-80.0370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8371 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KINNER SPORTSTERK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 67 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202036959A

## Narrative

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

L WING SEPARATED.

## 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 MIA79FLG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG06), Dec 2, 1978: Fly Baby 1A (N8371), Moncks Corner, SC, 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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