# NTSB investigations: Champion 7GCBC: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 CHI04CA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA242.md): Aeronca Champion 7GCBC · Mullen, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 12, 2004 · N9657S · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilot to maintain direction control during gusty wind conditions on landing.
- [NTSB CHI03LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA178.md): Champion 7GCBC · Buffalo, SD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 2003 · N9032L · Substantial damage
  > The instructor pilot's inadequate remedial action to the dual student's loss of aircraft control during high speed taxiing which lead to the inadvertent ground loop/swerve. A factor was the student not maintaining aircraft control.
- [NTSB LAX97LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA267.md): Champion 7GCBC · San Jose, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 1997 · N8333V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and excessive remedial action, which resulted in an inadvertent swerve off the runway.
- [NTSB SEA95LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA144.md): Champion 7GCBC · Moses Lake, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1995 · N1887G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing and go around. The crosswind and gusty wind conditions were factors in the accident.
- [NTSB ANC94LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94LA056.md): Champion 7GCBC · Circle Hot Spri, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 9, 1994 · N1648G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control and his lack of experience in crosswind landings.
- [NTSB CHI92LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA189.md): Champion 7GCBC · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1992 · N1652G · Substantial damage
  > Was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's lack of experience in tail wheel airplanes and the gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB ANC91LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA031.md): Champion 7GCBC · Flat Top Mtn., AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 27, 1991 · N7578F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane on landing roll out in unsuitable terrain. Contributing to the accident was the rough and uneven terrain.
- [NTSB ATL89LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA156.md): Champion 7GCBC · Myrtle Beach, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 1989 · N1652G · Substantial damage
  > The improper installation/modification of the banner tow system, which jammed the rudder during a landing. The wind and terrain conditions were related factors.
- [NTSB ANC84LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA090.md): Champion 7GCBC · Healy, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 1984 · N8380V · Substantial damage
  > The plt landed at a remote strip used by hunters and left in as poor a state as possible by them to make this choice game area relativley inaccessable. This area has many accidents as a result. The rwy is 1200 ft MSL. There are no wind direction indicators.…
- [NTSB ANC84LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA055.md): Champion 7GCBC · Bettles, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1984 · N7527F · Substantial damage
  > The acft groundlooped during landing. The plt said he lost control of the acft. During the swerve one of the gear legs failed and the acft skidded on the fuselage.
- [NTSB DEN82DA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA165.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Yuma, CO · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 16, 1982 · N5138X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that as he touched down the aircraft porpoised "a couple of times." When the aircraft had slowed to approximately 25-30 mph it ran off the runway into soft dirt and nosed over.
- [NTSB LAX82DA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA184.md): Citabria 7GCBC · Willits, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 14, 1982 · N5265X · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot stated that on approach the winds were from the west. After touchdown and on the rollout the wind caught the right wing and turned the aircraft.

## 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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=21101PK&occurrence=260

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