# NTSB ANC26LA035: Champion 7EC, N7436B, Hollis, OK, April 30, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: April 30, 2026, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Hollis, OK · On airport
- Coordinates: 34.71, -99.91
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7100&lon=-99.9100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA035
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202914/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA035

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Champion 7EC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=21101NM), [All aircraft, 1,789 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7436B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7436B), registered now, S/N 7EC-474, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7EC
- Registry model: [Champion 7EC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (registry code 21101NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7EC-474
- Year built: 1956
- Airframe hours: 2334.2
- 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260430003589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260430003589A), Apr 30, 2026: Champion 7EC, Hollis, OK, Substantial damage. On April 30, 2026, a conventional gear aeronautica champ was substantially damaged upon takeoff from a dry portion of the red river riverbed (34°34’10”n,…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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