# NTSB Accident DCA22MA009
> **MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-87 (MD-87)** · 2021-10-19 · Brookshire, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA22MA009
- **Event ID:** 20211019104129
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2021-10-19
- **Location:** Brookshire, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.818027, -95.898046
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 20
- **Total aboard:** 23
## Aircraft
- **Make:** MCDONNELL DOUGLAS
- **Model:** DC-9-87 (MD-87)
- **Registration:** N987AK
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

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.

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