Alaska Airlines Flight 261
![N963AS, the Alaska Airlines MD-83 aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1992](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Alaska_Airlines_MD-83_N963AS_Santa_Ana_15-09-92.jpg)
The subsequent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that inadequate maintenance led to excessive wear and eventual failure of a critical flight control system during flight. The probable cause was stated to be "a loss of airplane pitch control resulting from the in-flight failure of the horizontal stabilizer trim system jackscrew assembly's Acme nut threads." For their efforts to save the plane, both pilots were posthumously awarded the Air Line Pilots Association Gold Medal for Heroism. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: [2001]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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