# NTSB investigations: Bellanca 7ECA: Main gear collapsed

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 NYC97LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA157.md): Champion 7ECA · Easton, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1997 · N4178Y · Substantial damage
  > an inadequate weld repair, which resulted in insufficient structural strength of the left main gear.
- [NTSB ANC92LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA124.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Talarik Creek, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1992 · N31297 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot selected unsuitable terrain on which operate.
- [NTSB ANC90LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA023.md): Champion 7ECA · Tanana, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 1989 · N7615S · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the right main gear axle bolt.
- [NTSB MKC84LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA021.md): Bellanca 7ECA · St. Joseph, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 14, 1983 · N53842 · Substantial damage
  > The acft nosed down during landing after the left main landing gear strut failed. The plt stated that on the 2nd touch- and-go landing, he felt a vibration and saw the left gear strut trailing at about a 45 degree angle. The plt chose to land on the grass…

## 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_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 191))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1220460&occurrence=191

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