# NTSB ERA26LA357: Grumman American Avn. GA-7, N384MA, Knoxville, TN, September 30, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 30, 2026, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Knoxville, TN · On Airport

- Coordinates: 35.963694, -83.874305
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9637&lon=-83.8743&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203909
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA357
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203909/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA357

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Grumman American Avn. GA-7, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=3960401), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N384MA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N384MA), registered now, S/N GA7-0054, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. GA-7
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. GA-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-ga-7) (registry code 3960401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: GA7-0054
- Year built: 1978
- Airframe hours: 4796.9
- 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

## 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

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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