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The MD-83 crash near Anacapa was a major aviation accident that occurred on Monday, January 31, 2000. The Alaska Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was performing scheduled flight AS261 on the route Puerto Vallarta—San Francisco—Seattle, but upon approaching San Francisco it crashed into the Pacific Ocean 4.5 kilometers off the coast of Anacapa Island (California) due to a failure of the stabilizer adjustment mechanism. All 88 people on board died - 83 passengers and 5 crew members.