# NTSB investigations: Bellanca 7GCAA: 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 CHI96FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA301.md): Bellanca 7GCAA · Hinckley, IL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1996 · N5026Q · Destroyed
  > the instructor pilot exceeded the design stress limits of the aircraft which resulted in the overload failure of the wing. A factor was that the weight and balance of the aircraft was exceeded by the instructor pilot.
- [NTSB SEA88LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA094.md): Bellanca 7GCAA · Sutcliffe, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 14, 1988 · N57415 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was observed to execute several low passes over witnesses along the shoreline of a lake. During one of the passes and while tracking northwest, the pilot dropped a package of life preservers from an estimated altitude of 75 feet AGL and while…
- [NTSB LAX84LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA305.md): Bellanca 7GCAA · Waipahu,Oahu, HI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 1984 · N4166Y · Substantial damage
  > The CFI gave the student a simulated forced landing and the student spiraled down to 400 ft AGL. When the CFI said 'i'vegot the airplane' the acft nose came up and the acft started to settle. The CFI stated he applied power but the acft continued to settle,…

## 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 ('1220501')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1220501&occurrence=250

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