NTSB investigations: Champion 7GCBC

5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Champion 7GCBC, where the first occurrence was “Hard landing”. 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.

Cases per year

19832026
NTSB investigations: Champion 7GCBC per year, 1983–2026: 5 cases
19831
19851
19951
19992

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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.\"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"

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NTSB ANC99LA148Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7GCBC · Sleetmute, AKThe pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. A factor in this accident was the rough and uneven gravel bar.Sep 7, 1999 · N9018L · Substantial damageNTSB ANC99LA035Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7GCBC · Healy, AKThe pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. A factor associated with the accident was a snowbank.Mar 16, 1999 · N9023L · Substantial damageNTSB ANC95LA155Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7GCBC · Big Lake, AKThe 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.Sep 2, 1995 · N9033L · Substantial damageNTSB SEA85LA071Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7GC · Reno, NVA 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.Mar 10, 1985 · N7545F · Substantial damageNTSB FTW84LA043Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBellanca 7GCBC · Capitan, NMThe 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.…Oct 17, 1983 · N9109L · Substantial damage