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On October 19, 2021, a corporate
The aircraft was a 33-year-old
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the accident. The fire-damaged flight data recorders were retrieved from the wreckage of N987AK. In November, the NTSB revealed that both the aircraft's elevators were found to be jammed in the down position. A similar condition had been found in the crash of
McDonnell Douglas MD-87
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gene ...
, registered as N987AK, crashed and caught fire during take-off, from Houston Executive Airport
Houston Executive Airport is a public-use airport in unincorporated area, unincorporated Waller County, Texas, Waller County, Texas, United States. The airport is located 28 nautical miles (52 km) west of Downtown Houston, Downtown Houston, ...
. Those on board, 18 passengers and three crew members, were safely evacuated out of the aircraft. However, the aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair and was subsequently written-off.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a 33-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-87
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gene ...
, registered as N987AK. It was originally delivered to Finnair
Finnair ( fi, Finnair Oyj, sv, Finnair Abp) is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland, with its headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and internationa ...
in 1988 as OH-LMB. Sold to Aeroméxico
Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V. () operating as Aeroméxico (; stylized as AM), is the flag carrier airline of Mexico, based in Mexico City. It operates scheduled services to more than 90 destinations in Mexico; North, South and Central Ameri ...
in 2000 as N204AM, it then passed through several other airlines before entering into service in a corporate configuration with 987 Investments LLC, as N987AK, in 2015.
Flight
The aircraft was on a non-scheduled charter flight from Brookshire, Texas, to Boston, Massachusetts, as the passengers were destined to see theHouston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...
play in Boston vs the Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...
baseball team in the 2021 American League Championship Series
The 2021 American League Championship Series was the best-of-seven series in Major League Baseball (MLB) between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros. The series determined the American League pennant winner, the Astros, who advanced to the ...
. The aircraft was taking off at 10:00 a.m. from Runway 36 when it overshot the runway, ran into a fence and a powerline before coming to a halt, from the runway. It immediately caught fire. All 21 occupants onboard escaped from the burning aircraft safely with only 2 known injuries, both of which were minor. Emergency services took action with fire retardants and successfully controlled the flames from the wreckage. The aircraft burned down with only the tail-section left intact.
Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the accident. The fire-damaged flight data recorders were retrieved from the wreckage of N987AK. In November, the NTSB revealed that both the aircraft's elevators were found to be jammed in the down position. A similar condition had been found in the crash of Ameristar Charters Flight 9363
Ameristar Charters Flight 9363 was an air charter flight from Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan to Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, which experienced a rejected takeoff and runway excursion on March 8, 2017 as the resu ...
, an MD-83, four years earlier.
See also
*American Airlines Flight 1420
American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Little Rock National Airport in the United States. On June 1, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Flight 1420 overran the runway upon l ...
*Ameristar Charters Flight 9363
Ameristar Charters Flight 9363 was an air charter flight from Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan to Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, which experienced a rejected takeoff and runway excursion on March 8, 2017 as the resu ...
*Caspian Airlines Flight 6936
On 27 January 2020, Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 overran the runway on landing at Mahshahr Airport, Iran, on a domestic flight from Tehran. All 144 people on board survived, with two injured.
Accident
Flight 6936 departed from Tehran at 06:35 l ...
*YAK-Service Flight 9633
On 7 September 2011, YAK-Service Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 charter flight operated by YAK-Service carrying players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Ob ...
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