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[ThirdSeatHero]

oh no there are more aren't they? :blink:
No I was referring to the one in the 40's

If you are refering to the late 30s, NWA lost 4 aircraft in a span of just over 13 or so months.

All Lockheed Electras.

 

[TheRealSaabmeister]

The crash in the '40's was a DC-4 military charter that crashed into Mt. Sanford in Alaska.

Northwest Orient also lost a Lockheed L-188 Electra in 1960.

 

[cageyjames]

If you are refering to the late 30s, NWA lost 4 aircraft in a span of just over 13 or so months.

All Lockheed Electras.

Lockheed L-188 Electra first flew in 1957.

 

[ThirdSeatHero]

Lockheed L-188 Electra first flew in 1957.

Excuse me, but I never said they were L-188s.

However, since refering to them simply as "Electras" has confused some of our readers,allow me to be alittle more specific............

Lockheed 14H Super Electra


Which, by the way began flying in 1937.

 

[boxer]

Didn't NW lose at least one Martin 202 in the late 40's, early 50's? They were short lived with NW as they sold the remaining to local service carriers.

 

[Kev3188]

Detroit ground collision. NWA DC-9 taxing in the fog and a NWA Boeing 727 on a take-off roll. 8 fatalities on the DC-9 (7 passengers and a flight attendant).

More info here.

http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/n3313l/photo.shtml

...And if you ever go to ASSIST class, they talk quite a lot about both this and the MD-80 incidents. There is also a lot of discussion about the incident in COS, where a chartered jet flying 2 NWA mechanics in for a "road show" crashed.

If you want to go even farther (at the risk of further thread drift), we can talk about crashes at NW predecessor airlines-such as Southern-as well.

 

[JAMAKE1]

There was also an accident involving a Northwest cargo plane in 1974. I believe it happened shortly after the TWA Boeing 727 that crashed outside Dulles Int'l. Airport on Dec. 1, 1974. As I was perusing the internet, trying to find info on the NWA accident, I came across this accident off Puget Sound:

Airliner crash into Puget Sound kills five on April 2, 1956.
On April 2, 1956, an airliner ditches into Puget Sound off Vashon Island killing five people. The Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser had departed Seattle-Tacoma Airport enroute to New York.

The plane carried 32 passengers and six crew members. Upon departure southbound, the pilot experienced severe buffeting and reduced power. Unable to reach McChord Air Force Base, the plane landed in the water where the tail broke off. The aircraft sank after 15 minutes. An Air Force rescue plane on a training mission responded and saved 11 people. Two boys in a rowboat from nearby Maury Island also rescued survivors.

Those killed were:

* Paul Wherman, Seattle
* Dr. George B. Hook, Tacoma
* Mrs. Yee Tsui Kong Lin, 37, formerly of Hong Kong
* Yee Sauy Foon, 6, her son
* David V. Razey, flight service attendant, Seattle

The four-engine Stratocruiser was manufactured by Boeing using the flight surfaces (wings and empennage) of the B-29 Superfortress bomber. The cause of the accident was traced to an improper setting of the cowl flaps by the flight engineer.

 

[JAMAKE1]

The December 1, 1974 crash...

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record...41201-1&lang=en

 

[cageyjames]

Lockheed 14H Super Electra
Which, by the way began flying in 1937.

Of course by saying "Electras" you could have meant the Model 10 Electra which flew in 1934. *shrug*

I think I'm the only one down in the weeds here so I'll move on.

 

[mga707]

The crash in the '40's was a DC-4 military charter that crashed into Mt. Sanford in Alaska.

Northwest Orient also lost a Lockheed L-188 Electra in 1960.

March, 1960, near Cannelton, Indiana, by the Ohio River. Commonly known as the 'Tell City' crash (Tell City is a larger town near Cannelton), this was the second 'whirl mode" Electra crash (Braniff had the first) and led to major modifications in the Electra's structure to prevent the wings from basically falling off. Lockheed was forced to take all aircraft back for modification, and in the meantime severe speed restrictions were put on the unmodified aircraft. Pretty much killed the Electra's sales potential, although the US Navy still bought plenty of P-3 Orions, which of course are based on the Electra airframe.
There is a memorial at the crash site in southern Indiana.

NW also lost a second Electra the following year (Sept 61) right after takeoff from O'Hare, not far from where AA191 went down in '79.
This second NW Electra crash was not related to the whirl mode problem.

I'm not sure. I know it was a -9 though. Maybe someone else can help you out with that.

Jeez, don't you ever follow the news? This 1987 crash is pretty infamous!
Yes, it was an -80. Happened shortly after the merger, with an ex-Republic plane (obviously) and crew.

 

[Kev3188]

Jeez, don't you ever follow the news? This 1987 crash is pretty infamous!
Yes, it was an -80. Happened shortly after the merger, with an ex-Republic plane (obviously) and crew.

Not for nothing, but a while ago, the Free Press did a small "where are they now?" blurb on the little girl that survived...

 

[mga707]

Not for nothing, but a while ago, the Free Press did a small "where are they now?" blurb on the little girl that survived...

The Arizona Republic (PHX paper) has done several similar updates over the years as well. The girl and her family lived in the area, and the flight was on a DTW-PHX trip when it crashed just after takeoff from Metro.

 

[jenny@nw]

:blink: wow. All the little skeletons come out of the closet don't they?

 

[MCI transplant]

<_< ----- It seems Lockeed never did get it stright! They've always had a problem with wings on their aircraft cracking! The C-5A's another example, as is their L1011! 😉 Otherwise, both hell've a planes!!

 

[robbedagain]

I dont recall reading any L-1011 Tristars crashing due to lockheed's fault. Delta lost one due to Windshear at DFW in Aug 1985. Eastern lost one due to pilot error.