Northwest Airlines Flight 5
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 30, 1941 |
| Summary | Icing conditions |
| Site | Moorhead, Minnesota, United States 46°54′55″N 96°44′33″W / 46.91525°N 96.74242°W (approximate) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3A-269 |
| Registration | NC21712 |
| Flight origin | Chicago |
| 1st stopover | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 2nd stopover | Fargo, North Dakota |
| 3rd stopover | Billings, Montana |
| 4th stopover | Butte, Montana |
| Last stopover | Spokane, Washington |
| Destination | Seattle |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 14 |
| Injuries | 1 |
Northwest Airlines Flight 5 was a regularly scheduled, multiple stop flight from Chicago Municipal Airport to Boeing Field, Seattle. It had intermediate stops at Minneapolis; Fargo, North Dakota; Billings, Montana; Butte, Montana; and Spokane, Washington. On October 30, 1941, on the flight's leg between Minneapolis and Fargo, the Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-3A-269 operating the route crashed into an open field about 2 1/2 miles east of the Fargo airfield, just after 2:00 am local time. All 12 passengers and two of the three crewmembers aboard were killed. The sole survivor of the accident was the flight's captain, Clarence Bates.[1]
The cause of the crash was determined to be an excessive buildup of ice on the aircraft's wings.[1]
References
- ^ a b Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3A-269 NC21712 Moorhead, MN". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-12-05.