Alaska Airlines Penerbangan 261

Alaska Airlines Penerbangan 261
Ringkasan peristiwa
Frame from NTSB animation of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Tanggal	31 Januari 2000
Ringkasan	Kegagalan mekanis akibat kelalaian perawatan
Lokasi	Samudra Pasifik di Kepulauan Anacapa, California
Penumpang	83
Awak	5
Tewas	88
Selamat	0
Jenis pesawat	McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Operator	Alaska Airlines
Registrasi	N963AS
Asal	Bandar Udara Internasional Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Perhentian	Bandar Udara Internasional San Francisco
Tujuan	Bandar Udara Internasional Seattle-Tacoma

Alaska Airlines Penerbangan 261 merupakan sebuah penerbangan terjadwal dari Bandar Udara Internasional San Francisco menuju Bandar Udara Internasional Seattle-Tacoma. Pesawat ini membawa 83 penumpang dan 5 awak kabin. Kecelakaan ini menewaskan seluruh penumpangnya yang berjumlah 88 orang. Pesawat jatuh di Samudra Pasifik di dekat Kepulauan Anacapa setelah gagal mendarat di Los Angeles. Kecelakaan ini disebabkan oleh kegagalan sistem trim horizontal, di mana akibat kelalaian perawatan (kelalaian pelumasan), mekanisme baut penggerak trim horizontal menjadi macet dan ketika coba dibebaskan, mekanisme trim tersebut menjadi aus dan patah, membuat trim horizontal terlepas dari penggerak dan berada di posisi naik, membuat pesawat menukik tajam dan jatuh ke laut. Pesawat tersebut hancur berkeping-keping saat menghantam laut, menewaskan seluruh penumpang dan krunya.

Pranala luar

Main NTSB Alaska Airlines Flight 261 investigation page
NTSB Publication on the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 disaster - Executive Summary
The NTSB's full report
NTSB investigation presentation material, including animated accident reconstruction
Photographs of recovered jackscrew
Applying Lessons Learned from Accidents, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Diarsipkan 2007-11-25 di Wayback Machine. - Informative analysis at faa.gov, with technical diagrams and photos
Seattle Post-Intelligencer special report^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}
"The Fall of Flight 261 Diarsipkan 2010-01-14 di Wayback Machine.," TIME
Archive of Alaska Airlines news reports about 261
A calm 'thank you,' then Alaska 261 fell toward the sea^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]} - Seattlepi.com story about Alaska 261
Names of those aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Diarsipkan 2008-07-15 di Wayback Machine. - CNN Article with names of victims
A child's dream of 'snow every day' is lost - Seattlepi.com^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]} - The story is about the loss of John Hay Elementary School students on Alaska 261
Alaska Airlines pilots struggled to save plane Diarsipkan 2008-02-15 di Wayback Machine. - CNN
The Lives That Were Lost CBS News
The faces of Flight 261's victims^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}
Alaska Airlines Flight 261, CBS News
Alaska Airlines Center in Turmoil After Complaint by Mechanics The New York Times
Alaska Flight 261 bound for Seattle crashes into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000 - Historylink.org
Hay school family' remembers its own^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}
The victims of Flight 261, The Boston Globe
Alaska Airlines grounds 18 planes, CBC
Alaska Airlines Crash Hearing Looks at Aircraft Parts Design, The New York Times
"Navy expands search for debris at Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash scene," United States Navy
"Crash Shows Impact of Safety Shortcomings on Bottom Line Air Safety Week
"S.F.-BOUND JET PLUNGES INTO SEA -- 88 FEARED DEAD
Memorial site for Colleen Whorley and Monte Donaldson, passengers of Alaska 261
Error Sequence and the loss of 88 souls on Alaska Flight 261
Pre-crash pictures of N963AS