# Accident 20250318010859A: Champion 7AC, Palmetto, FL, March 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2025, 10:29 local time
- Place: Palmetto, FL
- Airport: Manatee
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6426° N, 82.5224° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6426&lon=-82.5224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1369E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1369E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7AC (registry code 21101MA, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,606 total, 200 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250318010859A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA25LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA147), Mar 18, 2025: Champion 7AC (N1369E), Palmetto, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inability to overpower control inputs made by the student pilot during initial climb, which resulted in the airplane impacting powerlines and the ground.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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