NTSB investigations: Champion 7FC, NJ

8 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Champion 7FC. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

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Phase of flight

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Cases per year

19642026

NTSB investigations: Champion 7FC, NJ per year, 1964–2026: 8 cases
1964	1
1965	2
1966	1
1968	1
1969	1
1971	1
1974	1

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Query with 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NJ' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('21101NX')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

duckdb -csv -c "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.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'NJ' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('21101NX'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.

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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NJ' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('21101NX'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.

NTSB NYC74FHD31Accident · Serious injuriesClosedChampion 7FC · Marlton, NJApr 13, 1974 · N9893B · Destroyed NTSB NYC72FHD24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedChampion 7FC · Moorestown, NJDec 23, 1971 · N9974Y · Substantial damage NTSB NYC70D0077Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 7FC · Basking Ridge, NJAug 11, 1969 · N9893B · Substantial damage NTSB NYC68F0449Accident · Minor injuriesClosedChampion 7EC · So.Plainfield, NJApr 7, 1968 · N8550E · Substantial damage NTSB NYC67D0371Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7EC · Lakewood, NJNov 6, 1966 · N9857Y · Substantial damage NTSB NYC65D0221Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7FC · Lumberton, NJMay 25, 1965 · N7546E · Substantial damage NTSB NYC65F0143Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 195 · Millville, NJFeb 21, 1965 · N10323 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X3896Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7FC · S Plainfield, NJSep 10, 1964 · N9857Y · Substantial damage