Jetstream BA-3100 accident near Hibbing, MN

On December 2, 1993, a Jetstream BA-3100 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hibbing, MN. 18 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

December 2, 1993

Place

Hibbing, MN

Aircraft

Jetstream BA-3100 · Airplane

Injuries

18 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

47.400°N, 92.941°W

NTSB ID

20001211X13847

Official records · DCA94MA022

• Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations

NTSB summary

See section 1.1, History of the Flight, in NTSB Aircraft Accident Report "Express II Airlines, Inc.,/Northwest Airlink Flight 5719, Jetstream BA-3100, N334PX, Hibbing, Minnesota, December 1, 1993." (AAR-94/05)

Probable cause

THE CAPTAIN'S ACTIONS THAT LED TO A BREAKDOWN IN CREW COORDINATION AND THE LOSS OF ALTITUDE AWARENESS BY THE FLIGHTCREW DURING AN UNSTABILIZED APPROACH IN NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE FAILURE OF THE COMPANY MANAGEMENT TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES IN AIRMANSHIP AND CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF THE CAPTAIN; THE FAIL

From Wikipedia

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.

Text from Wikipedia, “Northwest Airlink Flight 5719”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.