Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled international passenger flight on January 31, 2000 between Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR), Mexico, to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), with an intermediate stop at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California.
The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north of Anacapa Island, California after suffering a catastrophic loss of pitch control.