# NTSB Accident CHI06LA073
> **Bellanca 7ECA** · 2006-01-27 · Pontiac, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI06LA073
- **Event ID:** 20060203X00159
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-01-27
- **Location:** Pontiac, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.665554, -83.419998
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bellanca
- **Model:** 7ECA
- **Registration:** N55CW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The excessive bank angle executed by the flight crew and their failure to maintain airspeed during the turn, which led to the inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with the ground.  A factor was the low altitude.

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