Accident: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (MD-87)
Oct 19, 2021 · Brookshire, TX
NTSB numberDCA22MA009Event id20211019104129
- 0
- Fatalities
- 2
- Serious injuries
- 1
- Minor injuries
- 20
- Uninjured
Probable cause
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. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (MD-87)
- Registration
- N987AK
- Year built
- 1988
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Takeoff Flight control sys malf/fail
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- West Houston Airport (IWS)12 nm (22 km) east
- Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR)17 nm (32 km) south-east
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