Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 — registry & accident history

Recent Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 accidents

1. N296EAMar 1, 2024No injuries

   The use of a new long term fire retardant with a chemical composition incompatible with the retardant previously in use for the integration-operational field evaluation without adequate testing and qualification.

2. N987AKOct 19, 2021Serious

   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.

Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 aircraft

• N296EA ’91 •
• N987AK •
• N111RE ’88
• N287KB ’87
• N291EA ’91
• N292EA ’91
• N294EA ’91
• N295EA ’91
• N297EA ’91
• N721MN ’89
• N805ML
• N986AK ’89