Accident: Beech A36
Jan 25, 2020 · Summerland Key, FL
NTSB numberERA20LA089Event id20200126X35126
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 1
- Uninjured
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.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Beech A36
- Registration
- N41VK
- Year built
- 1981
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff Runway excursion
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Big Pine Sands STOLGround (XFT)5 nm (9 km) north-east
- Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field (NQX)14 nm (26 km) west
- Key West International Airport (EYW)18 nm (33 km) west
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