# NTSB Accident LAX05GA243
> **Aero Commander 680 FL** · 2005-07-22 · Las Vegas, NV, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX05GA243
- **Event ID:** 20050727X01107
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-07-22
- **Location:** Las Vegas, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.203887, -115.188056
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aero Commander
- **Model:** 680 FL
- **Registration:** N7UP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive selection of flaps prior to takeoff, which resulted in a failure to obtain/maintain an appropriate climb airspeed, and an inadvertent stall/mush during takeoff-initial climb.  A factor contributing to the accident was a high density altitude.

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