# NTSB investigations: Champion 7GCBC: Hard landing

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 ANC99LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA148.md): Champion 7GCBC · Sleetmute, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1999 · N9018L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. A factor in this accident was the rough and uneven gravel bar.
- [NTSB ANC99LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA035.md): Champion 7GCBC · Healy, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1999 · N9023L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. A factor associated with the accident was a snowbank.
- [NTSB ANC95LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA155.md): Champion 7GCBC · Big Lake, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1995 · N9033L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper rate of descent during the approach to land, and his misjudgment of altitude to flare for landing on glassy water. The glassy water condition was a related factor.
- [NTSB SEA85LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA071.md): Champion 7GC · Reno, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 1985 · N7545F · Substantial damage
  > A hard landing occurred and the right main gear collapsed. The aircraft veered to the side of the runway where it caught fire. The acft had no fire extinguishing equipment on board and the acft was then destroyed by the fire.
- [NTSB FTW84LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA043.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Capitan, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 1983 · N9109L · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that the acft bounced on landing, resulting in the collapse of the main gear & damage to the prop & left wing. An exam revealed that the u-bolt which attaches the left main gear strut to the fuselage had failed due to tensile overload.…

## 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 ('21101PK')
    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" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=21101PK&occurrence=200

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