N987AK
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87
ICAO24 ADC52F
Active FAA registration
Airframe specifications
- Manufacturer
- Mcdonnell Douglas
- Model
- DC-9-87
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type
- Turbo-fan
- Engine count
- 2
- Reported seats
- 172
- Registration issued
- Dec 5, 2015
- Registration expires
- Dec 31, 2028
- Last registry action
- Jul 1, 2023
- Registry record last refreshed
- Sep 22, 2026, 18:38 UTC
Accidents and incidents (NTSB)
From the US National Transportation Safety Board’s aviation accident database. Each record links to its official docket.
Oct 19, 2021 · Brookshire, TX
Accident · Serious injuries · Aircraft destroyed
Takeoff Flight control sys malf/fail
Probable cause (NTSB): The jammed condition of both elevators, which resulted from exposure to localized, dynamic high wind while the airplane was parked and prevented the airplane from rotating during the takeoff roll. Also causal was the failure of Everts Air Cargo, the pilots’ primary employer, to maintain awareness of Boeing-issued, required updates for its manuals, which resulted in the pilots not receiving the procedures and training that addressed the requirement to visually verify during the preflight checks that the elevators are not jammed.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board, public domain.
On the US register
N987AK is one of 13 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 aircraft on the US civil register, built between 1987 and 1991.
Counted by Voydar from the FAA registry.
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