NTSB: Undetected Elevator Jam Caused MD-83’s 2017 Runway Excursion

Credit: NTSB
WASHINGTON—An undetected malfunction of its right elevator surface caused an Ameristar Charters Boeing MD-83 to depart a runway end during a rejected takeoff at Willow Run Airport (YIP) near Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 2017, NTSB said Mar. 7. Ameristar Charters Flight 9363 was chartered to fly the...

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