- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 07, 1950
Time: 2059
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Operator: Northwest Orient Airlines
Flight #: 307
Route: Rochester Minn. - Minneapolis
AC Type: Martin 202
Registration: N93050
cn / ln: 9134
Aboard: 13   (passengers:10  crew:3)
Fatalities: 13   (passengers:10  crew:3)
Ground: 2
Summary: The aircraft flew 128 below the ILS glideslope and crashed into a flag pole, well marked by red neon obstruction lights, on approach in blowing snow. Pilot's attempt to land visual rather than ILS after visual reference to the ground was lost.
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