Alaska Airlines Flight 261

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Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner accident involving controlled flight into water ⓘ
aviation accident ⓘ
commercial passenger flight ⓘ
aircraftFamily McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series ⓘ
aircraftManufacturer McDonnell Douglas ⓘ
aircraftModel MD-83 ⓘ
aircraftRegistration N963AS ⓘ
aircraftType McDonnell Douglas MD-83 ⓘ
airline Alaska Airlines ⓘ
cause jackscrew failure in horizontal stabilizer trim system ⓘ
loss of pitch control ⓘ
contributingFactor inadequate oversight of maintenance practices ⓘ
maintenance deficiencies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
date 2000-01-31 ⓘ
departureDate 2000-01-31 ⓘ
destinationCity Seattle ⓘ
destinationCountry United States ⓘ
fatalities 88 ⓘ
finalDestination Seattle–Tacoma International Airport ⓘ
flightNumber 261 ⓘ
flightPath Puerto Vallarta–San Francisco–Seattle ⓘ
impactType ocean impact ⓘ
investigatedBy National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
location Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locationDetail off the coast of California ⓘ
nearestCity Port Hueneme, California ⓘ
linked to: Port Hueneme
notableFeature led to changes in FAA oversight of airline maintenance programs ⓘ
prompted major maintenance and inspection reforms for MD-80 series stabilizer systems ⓘ
widely cited case of catastrophic stabilizer trim failure ⓘ
NTSBReportNumber AAR-02-01 ⓘ
occupants 88 ⓘ
operatorIATACode AS ⓘ
operatorICAOCode ASA ⓘ
origin Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport ⓘ
originCity Puerto Vallarta ⓘ
originCountry Mexico ⓘ
passengers 83 ⓘ
phaseOfFlight cruise ⓘ
safetyOutcome triggered revisions to MD-80 horizontal stabilizer maintenance intervals ⓘ
stopover San Francisco International Airport ⓘ
stopoverCity San Francisco ⓘ
survivors 0 ⓘ
timeOfAccidentLocal about 16:22 PST ⓘ
underlyingCause excessive wear of acme nut threads ⓘ
inadequate lubrication of jackscrew assembly ⓘ
year 2000 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Airlines → notableIncident → Alaska Airlines Flight 261 ⓘ
AAR-02-01 → title → Loss of Control and Impact With Pacific Ocean, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N963AS, About 2.7 Miles North of Anacapa Island, California, January 31, 2000 ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Airlines Flight 261
AAR-02-01 → subject → Alaska Airlines Flight 261 ⓘ
AAR-02-01 → flightNumberInvestigated → Alaska Airlines Flight 261 ⓘ
Puerto Vallarta–San Francisco–Seattle → servedBy → Alaska Airlines Flight 261 ⓘ