Northwest Airlines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 79 accidents and incidents involving Northwest Airlines, Inc., recorded between 1962 to 2009. 4 of them were fatal (5%), and 147 people died.

The deadliest year was 1963, with 144 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (22 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 747, Boeing 727 and Boeing 720.

Most of these records are from United States, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes and Japan.

65 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

147

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 2009

Period

Show these on the map 14 of 79 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 23

1970s 24

1980s 8

1990s 13

2000s 11

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 747 21 Boeing 727 13 Boeing 720 5 Boeing 707 4 Lockheed 188 3 Douglas DC-10 3

Where these happened

United States 70 Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 4 Japan 3 Asia 1 Netherlands 1

All 79 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Jun 1963	Douglas DC-7C N290	Annette Isld, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	101
12 Feb 1963	Boeing 720B N724US	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	43
1 Dec 1974	Boeing 727 N274US	Thiells, New York, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	3
21 Oct 2009	Airbus A320 N374NW	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
23 Jun 2009	Airbus A330-323 N805NW	Kagoshima, Japan no coordinates	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
4 May 2009	Airbus A320 N311US	Denver, Colorado, United States	Northwest Airlines Inc	Minor injuries	-
28 Dec 2008	Boeing 757-351 N585NW	Seattle, Washington, United States	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
3 Dec 2008	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 N782NC	Madison, Wisconsin, United States	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
25 Dec 2007	Airbus A330-323 N819NW	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
22 Jul 2003	Boeing 757-251 N504US	Wadsworth, Ohio, United States	Northwest Airlines Inc.	Serious injuries	-
10 Oct 2002	Boeing 747-400 N661US	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
15 Apr 2002	Airbus A319-114 N325NB	Reno, Nevada, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
5 Jun 2001	Boeing B-747-400 N663US	Tokyo, Japan no coordinates	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
14 Dec 2000	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N9342	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Oct 1998	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N230NW	Amsterdam, Netherlands no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc	Unknown	-
5 Jul 1997	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 N963N	Flint, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Aug 1995	Boeing 757 N509US	Detroit, Michigan, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Jul 1995	Boeing 727-257 N712RC	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Nov 1994	Boeing 747-251B N631US	CHICAG0, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 May 1994	Douglas DC-9-32 N986US	Memphis, Tennessee, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
1 Mar 1994	Boeing 747 N637US	Narita, Japan no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Unknown	-
25 Sep 1993	Boeing 747-200 N629US	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1991	Boeing 747-151 N604US	Seattle, Washington, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc	Minor injuries	-
21 Jan 1991	Boeing 727-251 N295US	St. Paul, Minnesota, United States	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Dec 1990	Boeing 727-257 N715RC	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Sep 1990	Boeing 727-251 N278US	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
10 Jan 1990	Boeing 747-151 N602US	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Oct 1988	Boeing B-727-200A N277US	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Aug 1988	Douglas DC-9-51 N775NC	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
26 May 1983	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 N154US	Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Nov 1981	Douglas DC-10 N156US	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1981	Boeing 747 N602US	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Apr 1981	Boeing 727 N281US	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
11 Feb 1981	Boeing 747 N610US	Fargo, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 Jan 1981	Douglas DC-10 N143US	Leesburg, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Nov 1977	Boeing 747F N616US	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 May 1975	Boeing 727 N479NW	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Mar 1975	Douglas DC-10 N149US	Lacrosse, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Nov 1974	Boeing 747 N604US	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Sep 1974	Boeing 747 N615US	No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
9 Dec 1973	Boeing 727 N259US	Madison, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Apr 1973	Boeing 747 N601US	Tallahassee, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
15 Dec 1972	Boeing 747 N602US	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
30 Oct 1972	Boeing 727 N498US	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 May 1972	Boeing 747 N605US	N.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
26 Apr 1972	Boeing 720B N736US	Front Royal, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
12 Apr 1972	Boeing 747 N606US	No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
9 Oct 1971	Boeing 747 N601US	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Sep 1971	Boeing 747 N606US	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jun 1971	Boeing 747 N606US	Tokyo, Asia no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-