Boeing 727-100 crash, Jun 9, 1987, Anchorage-Ted Stevens...
Boeing 727-100 accident on June 9, 1987 near Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Inadvertent brake...
- Date: June 9, 1987
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: Inadvertent brake deactivation by company maintenance personnel, with inadequate planning and a checklist not used
On 9 June 1987 an Alaska Airlines Boeing 727 struck a passenger jetway at its Anchorage gate after an unauthorized avionics technician in the pilot seat inadvertently deactivated the brake pressurization system. A fire that followed destroyed the aircraft and a company ground vehicle, and no one died.