# NTSB Accident LAX96FA228
> **British Aerospace BA-3100/3201** · 1996-06-06 · SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96FA228
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06018
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-06-06
- **Location:** SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** British Aerospace
- **Model:** BA-3100/3201
- **Registration:** N926AE
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The flight crew's loss of directional control resulting from an attempted takeoff with the left propeller on the start lock.  Factors in the accident were:  the lack of cockpit caution/warning system/lights available to verify that the propellers are out of the start locks; and the captain's location in the right seat without access to the nosewheel steering tiller.

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