# NTSB investigations: Bellanca 7ECA: 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 SEA88LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA189.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Toledo, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 1988 · N1047Y · Substantial damage
  > The plt took off from an uncontrolled strip in marginal wx conds, believing he could affect a departure to good VFR conds. Shortly after takeoff, he enctrd solid IMC & momentarily lost control of the acft. After regaining control & having lost altitude, he…
- [NTSB LAX88LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA302.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Dunsmuir, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 1988 · N5058K · Substantial damage
  > Just after takeoff, the airplane gained just enough altitude to clear trees at the end of the runway. The pilot turned up a valley to gain altitude. The airplane was gaining altitude at 150 fpm, however, the valley turned into a box canyon and the airplane…
- [NTSB CHI87FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA099.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Attica, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1987 · N5504L · Destroyed
  > After completing a cable patrol flt, the plt landed at sullivan, IN, to refuel before starting a night flt to reposition the acft at lafayette, IN. The plt departed in clear wx. However, as he was arriving at lafayette, he advised the tower controller that…
- [NTSB NYC84LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA067.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Monson, ME · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 6, 1984 · N86706 · Substantial damage
  > On a crosscountry VFR flight the pilot inadvertently encountered instrument conditions. During a climb to clear surrounding mountains the acft struck trees and crashed. The pilot had been briefed on the deteriorating weather prior to the flight. The pilot and…

## 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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1220460&occurrence=240

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