Northwest Airlink Flight 5719
Wreckage of the aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 1, 1993 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error, and lack of crew coordination and altitude awareness |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| A Northwest Airlink British Aerospace Jetstream 31, similar to the one involved in the accident | |
| Aircraft type | British Aerospace Jetstream 31 |
| Operator | Express Airlines II on behalf of Northwest Airlink |
| Call sign | TWIN CITY 719 |
| Registration | N334PX |
| Flight origin | Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport |
| Stopover | Chisholm-Hibbing Airport |
| Destination | International Falls Airport |
| Occupants | 18 |
| Passengers | 16 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 18 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 was a flight from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to International Falls Airport in International Falls, Minnesota with a scheduled intermediate stop at Chisholm-Hibbing Airport in Hibbing, Minnesota. On December 1, 1993, the Jetstream 31, operated by Express Airlines II as Northwest Airlink, collided with a group of trees in a forest during final approach to Hibbing, and crashed into two ridges northwest of the airport, killing all sixteen passengers and the two pilots on board.