Northwest Airlines Flight 5 (1990)
Northwest Airlines Flight 5 was an internal flight from Miami International Airport to Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport. On January 4, 1990, the Boeing 727-251 (registered N280US) had an engine failure in the third engine while flying over Madison, Florida.[1]
 The aircraft involved in the incident | |
| Incident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 4, 1990 |
| Summary | In-flight engine failure and subsequent loss of the engine |
| Place | near Madison, Florida, United States 30°38′N 83°24′W / 30.633°N 83.400°WCoordinates: 30°38′N 83°24′W / 30.633°N 83.400°W |
| Passengers | 139 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 0 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 145 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-251 |
| Airline/user | Northwest Airlines |
| Registration | N280US |
| Flew from | Miami International Airport |
| Flying to | Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport |
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Boeing 727-251 with registration N280US. The aircraft was 14 years old at the time of the incident. The aircraft was operated by Northwest Airlines.
Flight
On January 4, 1990, at 8:15 EST, the aircraft took off from Miami. At 9:10 , the pilots heard a loud bang. The pilots did not know that an engine fell off the aircraft.[2] The aircraft flew for 50 minutes before emergency landing at Tampa International Airport.[3]
After looking, it was found that the lavatory seal was missing. This made lavatory fluid freeze, and fall into the third engine. The engine fell off after being damaged. The engine was designed this way.[1][4]
Northwest Airlines Flight 5 (1990) Media
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Northwest Airlines passenger ticket from 1951
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Rebuilt 1929 Hamilton H-47 wearing Northwest Airways markings in 2010
Northwest Douglas DC-3
Northwest Orient McDonnell Douglas DC-10 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in 1985.
Boeing 707-351B at San Francisco International Airport in 1970
Boeing 727-200 at Miami Airport in February 1971
Boeing 747 at London Gatwick Airport in 1983, in pre-merger Northwest Orient livery
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weiner, Eric (January 5, 1990). "Jet Lands After an Engine Drops Off". The New York Times. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
- ↑ Weiner, Eric (January 6, 1990). "Pilots Had No Way of Knowing Jet Engine Fell Off, Experts Say". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/06/us/pilots-had-no-way-of-knowing-jet-engine-fell-off-experts-say.html. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
- ↑ Orsi, Jennifer (January 6, 1990). "Engine that fell from airliner found in Madison County". St. Petersburg Times. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19900106&id=fMsNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VnUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7002,187351. Retrieved April 16, 2010.[dead link]
- ↑ "MIA90IA047". National Transportation Safety Board. December 30, 1992. Retrieved April 16, 2010.