| Date: | January 31, 2000 |
| Location: | Off Point Mugu, California |
| Aircraft: | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Reg: | N963AS |
| Airline: | Alaska Airlines |
| Flight No: | 261 |
| Fatalities: | 88 : 88 |
| Wreckage of a Alaska Airlines MD-83 which crashed into the Pacific Ocean becuse of a jambed horizontal stabilizer. resulted in the The component failed because of excessive wear resulting from Alaska Airlines' insufficient lubrication of the jackscrew assembly. |