# NTSB Accident ERA12CA204
> **AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCAA** · 2012-03-02 · Bedminster, NJ, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA12CA204
- **Event ID:** 20120303X71045
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-03-02
- **Location:** Bedminster, NJ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.626945, -74.675277
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT
- **Model:** 7GCAA
- **Registration:** N518F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot receiving instruction’s inadvertent movement of the pitch trim control to the nose-down position while attempting a go-around.

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