- Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307
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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 Accident summary Date 7 March 1950 Site Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Passengers 10 Crew 3 Fatalities 13 +2 Survivors 0 Aircraft type Martin 2-0-2 Operator Northwest Orient Airlines Tail number N93050 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled domestic flight in the United States routing Washington, DC–Detroit–Madison–Rochester–Minneapolis-St. Paul–Winnipeg. On 7 March 1950, the flight was operated by a Martin 2-0-2, registered N93050, when it crashed into a house on approach to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport after first hitting a flagpole.[1] The three crew members and ten passengers on board, along with two children in the house, were all killed.[2]
Accident
Flight 307 was attempting to land at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, the area had blowing snow.[1] The left wing hit a 70 foot flagpole about 4180 feet from the touchdown point and 650 feet west of the approach center line.[1] The aircraft was about 3.8 miles northwest of the airport when a section of the left wing detached and the aircraft dived into a house, located at 1116 Minnehaha Parkway West [3], from a height of about 300 feet.[1] The aircraft was destroyed by fire and two children in the house were killed.[1]
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Martin 2-0-2 twin-engined piston airliner designed to carry 42 passengers. It had been delivered new to Northwest Orient Airlines on 6 May 1948 as registration N93050.[4]
Probable cause
The probable cause of the crash was an attempt to complete an approach with a loss of visual reference to the ground.[1]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 3/50
- ^ Meersman, Tom (29 July 2011), "Keeping a Tragedy from Fading.", Star Tribune (Minneapolis): A1, http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/126369353.html
- ^ http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/03/01/long-forgotten-nwa-crash-in-mpls-stirs-memories/
- ^ Eastwood 1991, p. 267
- Bibliography
- World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0 903083 44 2.
- Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0 907178 37 5.
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