Date: 5 January, 2024
Flight: Flight 1282
Aircraft: Boeing 737-Max 9
Location: Portland, Oregon
Summary: Equipment error, detached fuselage plug door
Is Alaska Airlines Safe?
We track reported incidents for Alaska Airlines. This page lists 15 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.
Most recent listed incident: 5 January, 2024
Date: 1 February 2003
Flight: N764AS
Aircraft: Boeing 737-4Q8
Location: Vancouver International Airport
Summary: Tailstrike
Date: 31 January 2000
Flight: Flight 261
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Location: off Anacapa Island
Summary: Fatigue, horizontal stabilizer failure, loss of control
Date: 14 August 1998
Flight: Flight 75
Aircraft: Boeing 737-490
Location: Juneau International Airport
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 9 June 1987
Flight: N766AS
Aircraft: Boeing 727-90C
Location: Anchorage International Airport
Summary: Maintenance error, struck walkway
Date: 5 April 1976
Flight: Flight 60
Aircraft: Boeing 727-81
Location: Ketchikan International Airport
Summary: Runway overrun, pilot error
Date: 4 September 1971
Flight: Flight 1866
Aircraft: Boeing 727-193
Location: Tongass National Forest
Summary: Navigation error, CFIT
Date: 17 April 1967
Flight: N7777C
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Location: Kotzebue Airport
Summary: Weather, pilot error, belly landing
Date: 21 July 1961
Flight: Flight 779 (operating for USAF)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6A
Location: Shemya
Summary: ATC error, low visibility, CFIT
Date: 22 February 1960
Flight: N11817
Aircraft: Douglas C-118A
Location: Elmendorf AFB
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 2 March 1957
Flight: Flight 100
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: 4 mi W of Blyn, Washington
Summary: Navigation error, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 8 August 1954
Flight: N91008
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 25 mi NW of McGrath
Summary: CFIT
Date: 20 January 1949
Flight: Flight 8
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: 27 mi NE of Homer, Alaska
Summary: Pilot error, deviation from course, CFIT
Date: 30 November 1947
Flight: Flight 009
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Summary: Ran off runway
Date: 20 July 1947
Flight: NC21707
Aircraft: Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar
Location: Kotzebue Airport
Summary: Rolled over on landing