ERA26LA357

NTSB accident investigation · Grumman American Avn. GA-7 · Knoxville, TN · September 30, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 30, 2026, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
Place
Knoxville, TN · On Airport
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N384MAGrumman American Avn. GA-7
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Parties
FAA/FSDO
Case key
203909

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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
N384MA
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. GA-7
Category
Airplane
Serial number
GA7-0054
Built
1978
Airframe hours
4,796.9
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · July 31, 2026
Departed
DKX · Knoxville, TN
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
DKX · Knoxville Downtown Island, runway 08/26, 3,499 × 75 ft, asphalt
Equipment
Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, ADS-B

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
Calm
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
72 °F, dew point 63 °F
Altimeter
30.16 inHg
Observed at
DKX
METAR
METAR KDKX 301515Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3016 RMK A01