Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled international flight with several domestic legs in the United States with the 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 were all killed, as were two children in the house.[2]

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307
A Martin 2-0-2 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date7 March 1950
SummaryPilot error, controlled flight into terrain
SiteMinneapolis, Minnesota
44°54′32.6916″N 93°17′39.2094″W
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMartin 2-0-2
OperatorNorthwest Orient Airlines
RegistrationN93050
Occupants13
Passengers10
Crew3
Fatalities13
Survivors0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities2

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 4,180 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 the house 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
  1. Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 3/50
  2. Meersman, Tom (29 July 2011), "Keeping a Tragedy from Fading.", Star Tribune, Minneapolis, pp. A1, archived from the original on 18 August 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
  3. Hudson, Bill. "Long Forgotten NWA Crash In Mpls. Stirs Memories". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. 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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