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
25 May 1971	Boeing 727 N464US	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 May 1971	Boeing 747 N604US	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 May 1971	Boeing B747 N607US	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Mar 1971	Boeing 727 N491US	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Dec 1970	Boeing 707 N386US	Janesville, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1970	Boeing 707 N366US	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Jun 1970	Boeing 747 N603US	Salina, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 May 1970	Boeing 747 N601US	Salina, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Nov 1968	Lockheed 188 N1284S	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	-
5 Oct 1968	Boeing 707 N385US	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Sep 1968	Boeing 727 N462US	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Jul 1968	Boeing 707 N355US	Lafayette, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
20 Jul 1968	Lockheed 188C N130US	Billings, Montana, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
3 Mar 1968	Lockheed 188C N135US	Wash.natl.apt, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
19 Apr 1967	Boeing 727 N473US	Chantilly, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Feb 1967	Boeing B-727 N468US	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 May 1966	Boeing 707 320C N363US	370E of Tokyo Jap, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
11 Aug 1965	Boeing B-720 N466US	Milwaukee Wisc, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 Jul 1965	Boeing 720B N723US	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 May 1965	Boeing B-727 N461US	Kennedy Intl Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Jan 1965	Boeing B-720B N725US	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Dec 1964	Boeing 707 351C N356U	Travis Afb Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Sep 1964	Boeing B-720 N736US	Minneapolis Minn, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
24 Apr 1964	Lockheed L-188 N125US	Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
17 Mar 1964	Boeing B-720B N732US	Billings Mont, Montana, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
9 Mar 1964	Boeing 720B N723US	La Crosse Wisc, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
24 Feb 1964	Boeing B-720B N726US	Miami Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1962	Douglas DC-7C N285	Sitka Sound, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1962	Boeing 720B N724US	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-