# NTSB investigations: Bellanca 7ECA, WA

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 SEA96LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA215.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Arlington, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 14, 1996 · N8809 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > inadequate visual lookout by the pilot of the Piper J3, and failure of the flight instructor in the Bellance to ensure that clearance was maintained from the other moving aircraft. Factors relating to the accident were: the inherent visual restrictions…
- [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 SEA82DYP01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYP01.md): Bellanca 7ECA · Wapato, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 11, 1981 · N2696Z · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'WA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1220460'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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