20250318010859A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Champion 7AC · Palmetto, FL · March 18, 2025

Date
March 18, 2025 · 10:29 local
Place
Palmetto, FL
Airport
Manatee
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1369E
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA147
Reported as
Champion 7AC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
28,606 total200 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft took off and almost inmediately turned left, flew over hangars and hit a power line and crashed on a parked vehicle. Aircraft was destroyed, occupants were severely injured and medavac.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND ALMOST INMEDIATELY TURNED LEFT, FLEW OVER HANGARS AND HIT A POWER LINE AND CRASHED ON A PARKED VEHICLE. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, OCCUPANTS WERE SEVERELY INJURED AND MEDAVAC.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.