ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319750
| Date: | Saturday 23 December 2017 |
| Time: | 12:21 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33F |
| Owner/operator: | Everts Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N935CE |
| MSN: | 47413/521 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-11 (HK3) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Anchorage and Bethel, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Ted Stevens International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
| Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Everts Air Cargo flight 960, a DC-9-33F, DC-9, registration N935CE, experienced a depressurization on initial climb from the Bethel,
Alaska, (PABE) The flight crew returned to Bethel and landed with no further incident. There were no injuries to the two flight crew and one cargo handler on board. The depressurization resulted from a pallet jack in the cargo compartment impacting the rear
pressure bulkhead, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane. Inspection revealed a tiedown fastener for the pallet jack had pulled out.
The aircraft remained on ground and was ferried to Tucson, Arizona, USA on December 19, 2018 and further on to San Antonio on March 7, 2019.
Probable Cause: "Failure of a cargo tie-down fastener, resulting in unsecured cargo striking the pressure bulkhead."
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