Als Unfallursache wurde das fehlende Bewusstsein der Piloten für ihre tatsächliche Flughöhe festgestellt, welches zu einem Abstieg unter die Mindestflughöhe geführt hatte.Kapitän Falitz war dafür bekannt, Unternehmensabläufe zu befolgen und Checklisten akribisch abzuarbeiten, doch drei Erste Offiziere der Fluggesellschaft sagten aus, dass er sich auf Flügen ausgesprochen dominant im Cockpit verhalten habe. Neither police nor the airline has released an official list of victims. 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. 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 failure of the company to identify and correct a widespread, unapproved practice during instrument approach procedures; and the Federal Aviation Administration's inadequate surveillance and oversight of the air carrier. The aircraft was further delayed when it was deemed overweight for departure, requiring the removal of one passenger from the aircraft.Until moments before the crash, Flight 5719 was uneventful and no emergency was declared.The aircraft continued its descent through the 2,040-foot (620 m) step-down altitude. Aircraft Accidents and Lessons Unlearned XXXII: Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 Picture by Douglas Bader On December 1, 1993, on approach into Chisolm-Hibbing airport in Minnesota, an Express II Airlines, Inc. Jetstream BA-1300, doing business as (dba) Northwest Airlink, tail registration number N334PX, impacted terrain. Crew Capt. Am 1. "The crash of Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 was covered in " Dieses habe zu einem Zusammenbruch des
A chief pilot described Falitz as competent but prone to outbursts of anger – even taking out his anger on an operational plane doing dangerous maneuvers inflight – and intimidating and provocative behavior with colleagues.The concluding statement from the NTSB report (NTSB/AAR-94/05) provided the following probable cause for the crash of Northwest Airlink Flight 5719: "The captain's actions led to a breakdown in crew coordination and the loss of altitude awareness by the flight crew during an unstabilized approach in night instrument meteorological conditions. Erickson verfügte über 65 Stunden Flugerfahrung auf diesem Flugzeugtyp.Da sich die Maschine bei ihrer Ankunft verspätet hatte und vorher noch die Leuchtmittel der Flug 5719 verlief bis kurz vor dem Unfall ohne besondere Vorkommnisse. This was due to a late arrival and the replacement of landing light bulbs in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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 just east of the airport, killing all sixteen passengers and the two pilots on board. On December 1, … Im Cockpit befanden sich zwei Piloten, der 42-jährige Kapitän Marvin Falitz sowie der 25-jährige Offizier Chad Erickson. December 1, 1993: Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 being operated by Express Airlines I, a Jetstream 31, was flying a scheduled flight from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to International Falls with an en route stop in Hibbing when it crashed while approaching for landing at Chisholm-Hibbing Airport. 2400 Meter) spät ein, und entschied sich für eine steile Sinkrate, um eine Vereisung der Tragflächen zu vermeiden.Zunächst wurde Vereisung als Unfallursache angenommen; dies konnte vom NTSB jedoch bald widerlegt werden. Marvin Falitz, 42, Burnsville, Minn. First Officer Chad Erickson, 25, Plymouth, Minn. 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. Die Maschine war eine Jetstream 31, die im Mai 1986 im Werk von Am Unfalltag hatten beim Abflug 16 Passagiere in der Maschine Platz genommen. There were 16 passengers on board the Jetstream 31, a twin-engine turboprop manufactured by British Aerospace,Flight 5719 took off over 40 minutes late from Minneapolis-St. Paul.