# NTSB investigations: Bellanca 7ECA: Loss of control on ground

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN24LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA176.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Watervliet, MI · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 1, 2024 · N8618V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control during the landing roll on a soft turf runway.
- [NTSB CEN23LA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA392.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Midlothian, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 31, 2023 · N11648 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing which resulted in the right main landing gear collapse.
- [NTSB ERA23LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA095.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Hampton, NH · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 26, 2022 · N2895Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR19CA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19CA067.md): Champion 7ECA · Chino, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 19, 2019 · N11852 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB GAA19CA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA019.md): Champion 7ECA · Cleveland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 5, 2018 · N36268 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in a gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB ERA18LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA158.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Warsaw, KY · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 3, 2018 · N8698 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight performance planning, and his delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB CEN16LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA250.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Oak Ridge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 2016 · N87083 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the aborted takeoff, which resulted in it becoming airborne momentarily and then over running the runway.
- [NTSB GAA16CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA197.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Ramona, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 23, 2016 · N8654V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in variable wind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR13CA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA255.md): Bellanca 7ECA · San Martin, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 31, 2013 · N5032G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB WPR13CA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA126.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Santa Paula, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 18, 2013 · N50380 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1220460')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '230' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence?model=1220460

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