# NTSB investigations: Bellanca 7GCBC, 1985

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 SEA86FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA020.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · N.Battle Moun., NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 30, 1985 · N5051C · Destroyed
  > The aircraft impacted the ground after attempting an aerobattic maneuver at about 300 feet AGL. Several witnesses observed the aircraft enter a loop or climbing roll and diveinto the ground. No evidence of failure or malfunction of the aircraft was found…
- [NTSB MKC86LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA007.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Dumas, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1985 · N31272 · Substantial damage
  > On landing at a pvt sod strip near Dumas, the plt stated he encountered a strong crosswind. The crosswind forced his acft to veer off the side of the rwy. After veering off the rwy the right wing struck the ground sustaining substantial damage to the wing…
- [NTSB ANC86LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA001.md): Champion Citabria 7GCBC · Ptarmigan Pass, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1985 · N90921 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command stated that just after departure. He spotted a moose and made a low circle above the moose. He leveled off and attempted to pull the aircraft up. The nose of the aircraft pitched down and the airplane crashed to the ground.
- [NTSB SEA85LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA172.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Moses Lake, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1985 · N36137 · Substantial damage
  > A ground loop occurred during landing roll on rwy 36. The wind at touchdown was from 210 degs at 5 KTS. The twr did give the plt the current wind when the controller cleared him to land. The plt was aware that he would be landing with a left quartering tail…
- [NTSB SEA85LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA115.md): Bellanca 7GCB · Yakutat, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 1985 · N3JK · Substantial damage
  > During arrival, the plt extended his traffic pattern to allow another acft to depart. He reported that after he turned on final apch, his acft encountered a downdraft & hit the ground short of the rwy.
- [NTSB ANC85LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA075.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Holitna River, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1985 · N31282 · Substantial damage
  > During takeoff the plt noted a partial loss of power, the plt elected precautionary landing on the remaining frozen lake. During the turn the acft stalled and crashed. The fuel system was found contaminated with ice and water.
- [NTSB SEA85LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA075.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Bremerton, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 15, 1985 · N5033W · Substantial damage
  > The acft bounced during landing and adequate recovery was not made. The acft came to rest inverted.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1220601'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1220601&year=1985

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