# NTSB Accident ERA20LA089
> **Beech A36** · 2020-01-25 · Summerland Key, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA20LA089
- **Event ID:** 20200126X35126
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-01-25
- **Location:** Summerland Key, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 24.660833, -81.449447
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** A36
- **Registration:** N41VK
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to remove the flight control gust lock before takeoff, which resulted in an inability to rotate, aborted takeoff, and subsequent runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was a missing piece of the flight control gust lock, which did not give the pilot the intended warning that the gust lock was engaged.

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