# NTSB investigations: Bellanca 17-30: In flight encounter with weather

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 DEN01LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA091.md): Bellanca BL17-30 · Columbus, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 2001 · N6671V · Substantial damage
  > The impact with terrain following an inadvertent stall/mush by the pilot during a go-around. A contributing factor was a dust devil.
- [NTSB LAX00FA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA324.md): Bellanca 17-30 · Scottsdale, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 2000 · N4905V · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance during a cruise descent, which resulted in controlled flight into mountainous terrain during dark night conditions. Contributing factors were the rain, thuderstorm, and dust storm weather conditions,…
- [NTSB DEN00FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA135.md): Bellanca 17-30 · Lake City, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 1999 · N6691V · Destroyed
  > the pilot's inadequate flight planning and preparation, and his inadvertent flight into adverse weather during a cross-country flight over mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were, the cloudy obscuration weather condition, the high density altitude, and…
- [NTSB CHI98LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA059.md): Bellanca 17-30 · Independence, KS · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 8, 1997 · N4854V · Destroyed
  > the pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather. Contributing factors were low ceilings, fog, and the guy wire.
- [NTSB ATL86FA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA223.md): Bellanca 17-30 · West Green, GA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 1986 · N6655V · Destroyed
  > The plt took off at 1259 EDT, & at 1318, he reported level at 10,000'. There was no further comm with the acft. At about 1342, radar contact was lost. Subsequently, the acft wreckage was fnd scattered over a 425 yd area, along a sw azmith, aprx 1/2 mi from…

## 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 ('1220432', '1250020')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1220432&occurrence=240

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