A Northwest Airlink BAe Jetstream 31 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date
December 1, 1993 (December 1, 1993)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error, and lack of crew coordination and altitude awareness[1]
Site
East of Chisholm-Hibbing Airport, Hibbing, Minnesota 47°25′21″N92°53′59″W / 47.42250°N 92.89972°W / 47.42250; -92.89972
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Jetstream 31
Operator
Express Airlines I on behalf of Northwest Airlink
Call sign
TWIN CITY 719[1]
Registration
N334PX
Flight origin
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Stopover
Chisholm-Hibbing Airport
Destination
International Falls Airport
Passengers
16
Crew
2
Fatalities
18
Survivors
0
Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 was a flight from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to International Falls Airport in International Falls, Minnesota with a scheduled intermediate stop at Chisholm-Hibbing Airport in Hibbing, Minnesota. On December 1, 1993, the Jetstream 31, operated by Express Airlines I as Northwest Airlink, collided with a group of trees in a forest during final approach to Hibbing, and crashed into two ridges northwest of the airport, killing all sixteen passengers and the two pilots on board.[2]
^ abAircraft Accident Report, Controlled Collision With Terrain, Express II Airlines, Inc./Northwest Airlink Flight 5719, Jetstream BA-3100, N334PX, Hibbing, Minnesota, December 1, 1993(PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. May 24, 1994. NTSB/AAR-94/05. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
^"18 perish in crash of plane". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane. Associated Press. December 2, 1993. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
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