# NTSB Accident ERA25LA147
> **CHAMPION 7AC** · 2025-03-18 · Palmetto, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA25LA147
- **Event ID:** 20250318199875
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-03-18
- **Location:** Palmetto, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.642633, -82.522389
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CHAMPION
- **Model:** 7AC
- **Registration:** N1369E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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