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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Champion 7FC · Manvel, TX · March 19, 2026

Date: March 19, 2026 · 06:30 local
Place: Manvel, TX
Airport: Wolfe Air Park
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9058B
Reported as: Champion 7FC
Reported engine: Continental C90 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 165 total165 in this make and model

N9058BRegistered now · Champion 7FCS/N 7FC-146 · Built 1958 Airframe modelChampion 7FC Engine modelContinental C90 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot took off and the landing gear lock component failed allowing the right main gear to release from normal landing position. Pilot was informed of the unsafe condition of the gear and called for emergency equipment to stand-bye. Pilot initated an emergency landing that resulted in a ground loop due to the unsafe condition of the landing gear.

Minor damage to right landing gear and mid fuselage belly

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF AND THE LANDING GEAR LOCK COMPONENT FAILED ALLOWING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO RELEASE FROM NORMAL LANDING POSITION. PILOT WAS INFORMED OF THE UNSAFE CONDITION OF THE GEAR AND CALLED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO STAND-BYE. PILOT INITATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING THAT RESULTED IN A GROUND LOOP DUE TO THE UNSAFE CONDITION OF THE LANDING GEAR.

MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND MID FUSELAGE BELLY