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Alaska Airlines flight 261, traveling from Puerto Vallarta-Gustavo D. Ordaz Airport (PVR/MMPR) to San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) crashed into the Pacific Ocean on the 31st of January 2000, roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: (5 crew and 83 passengers.)
The flight was a scheduled international passenger flight from Licenciado Gustavo International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, with an intermediate stop at San Francisco International Airport.
The subsequent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that inadequate maintenance led to excessive wear and eventual failure of a critical flight control system during flight. The probable cause was stated to be "a loss of airplane pitch control resulting from the in-flight failure of the horizontal stabilizer trim system jackscrew assembly's Acme nut threads." For their efforts to save the plane, both pilots were posthumously awarded the Air Line Pilots Association Gold Medal for Heroism
The subsequent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that inadequate maintenance led to excessive wear and eventual failure of a critical flight control system during flight. The probable cause was stated to be "a loss of airplane pitch control resulting from the in-flight failure of the horizontal stabilizer trim system jackscrew assembly's Acme nut threads." For their efforts to save the plane, both pilots were posthumously awarded the Air Line Pilots Association Gold Medal for Heroism
Aircraft Information:
Airline: Alaska Airlines
Code: AS/ASA
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83)
Registration: N963AS
Serial Number: 53077
Engines: 2 x PW JT8D-219
First Flew: 11th April 1992
Age: 32.9 Years
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