On October 19, 2021, a corporate McDonnell Douglas MD-87, registered as N987AK, crashed and caught fire during take-off, 1,600 feet (500 m) from Houston Executive Airport.

Sold to Aeroméxico in 2000 as N204AM, it then passed through several other airlines before entering into service in a corporate configuration with 987 Investments LLC, as N987AK, in 2015.

The jammed elevators condition was caused by dynamic high wind while parked like the Ameristar Charters Flight 9363 accident in 2017.

Following the 2017 accident, Boeing recommended revised preflight procedures to detect jammed elevators.

[11][3] Following the accident, Everts Air Cargo updated their manuals and pilot training to detect elevator jamming events.