# NTSB Accident LAX04FA330
> **Bushmaster Aircraft 2000** · 2004-09-25 · Fullerton, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX04FA330
- **Event ID:** 20040929X01529
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-09-25
- **Location:** Fullerton, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.875556, -117.966667
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bushmaster Aircraft
- **Model:** 2000
- **Registration:** N750RW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 3
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAWN
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the inadequate preflight inspection by the pilot-in-command, where the pilot failed to remove the makeshift gust lock attached to the rudder and left elevator of the airplane.  As a result, the airplane veered off the runway surface during the takeoff roll, became airborne, and immediately began an uncontrolled descending left roll until impacting vehicles and the ground.

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