# NTSB investigations: Champion 7GCBC: 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 NYC01FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA201.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Sedgwick, ME · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 2001 · N80195 · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain control while maneuvering.
- [NTSB ANC99LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA081.md): Champion 7GCBC · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 1999 · N5149X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, and subsequent inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB CHI98LA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA361.md): Champion BL-7-GCBC · Upham, ND · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1998 · N311DM · Destroyed
  > The pilot's steep pull and failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall/spin. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane's handling qualities, and a lack of recent experience in the airplane.
- [NTSB FTW96LA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA382.md): Champion 7GCBC · Edgewood, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1996 · N9071L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was a whirlwind.
- [NTSB SEA92FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA130.md): Champion 7GCBC · Prosser, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1992 · N1812G · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate inflight planning/preparation and airspeed was not maintained. A factor to the accident was: an uncontrolled stall/spin.
- [NTSB ANC87LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA049.md): Champion &GCBC · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1987 · N2586G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that during the initial climb out he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the plane to stall and strike a small tree next to the runway. At the time of the accident the wind was 330 degrees at 3 knots.
- [NTSB MIA82DA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA087.md): Champion 7GCBC · New Smyrna Beac, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 26, 1982 · N7552F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that during a banner pick up, he missed the banner, and on climb out, he encounter windshear and stalled. The plane crashed before recovering from the stall. He reported that the wind was gusting to 20 knots.

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

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=21101PK&occurrence=250

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