- Date
- April 30, 2026, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hollis, OK · On airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7436BChampion 7EC
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260430003589A
- Case key
- 202914
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7436B
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC-474
- Built
- 1956
- Airframe hours
- 2,334.2
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 2025 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- KLUV · Lamesa, TN
- Destination
- KHBR · Hobart, OK
- Airport
- O35 · Hollis Municipal Airport, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KCDS, 25 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KCDS 301753Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM BKN025 OVC050 16/08 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01560078 10156 20111 58009
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.