# NTSB investigations: Champion 7KCAB: Loss of control in flight

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 WPR23LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA348.md): Champion 7KCAB · Benson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 19, 2023 · N998B · Substantial damage
  > The pilots’ failure to maintain control of the aircraft during takeoff.
- [NTSB WPR18FA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA237.md): Champion 7KCAB · Descanso, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 22, 2018 · N1682G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to enter a spin without sufficient altitude to recover. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight weight and balance calculations, which placed the airplane outside the normal and acrobatic category flight envelope,…
- [NTSB CEN13FA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA420.md): Champion 7KCAB · Oak Ridge, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2013 · N2978G · Substantial damage
  > The private pilot’s and the flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control while performing agricultural operations turns low to the ground, which resulted in a stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the private pilot’s impairment due to his…
- [NTSB CEN09LA561](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA561.md): Champion 7KCAB · Stacy, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 2009 · N2629G · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power during initial climb for undetermined reasons.

## 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 ('21101P3')
    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" = '240' 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/240/sequence?model=21101P3

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