# NTSB Accident ERA12LA264
> **POWRACHUTE LLC AIRWOLF 912ULS** · 2012-04-01 · Plant City, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA12LA264
- **Event ID:** 20120402X71359
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-04-01
- **Location:** Plant City, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.135555, -82.141113
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** POWRACHUTE LLC
- **Model:** AIRWOLF 912ULS
- **Registration:** N415BA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor’s failure to ensure an obstruction-free takeoff path prior to initiating the takeoff and his inadequate preflight inspection of the powered parachute’s flight controls, which resulted in a collision with trees during the takeoff.

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