1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision

Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 Northwest Airlines Flight 299
	Wreckage of Flight 1482.
Accident
Date	December 3, 1990
Summary	Runway incursion in fog due to pilot and ATC error, in addition to poor taxiway conditions
Site	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Michigan ; 42°12′45″N 83°21′12″W
Total fatalities	8
Total injuries	10
Total survivors	190
First aircraft
	; N3313L, the Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-9-14 involved, seen at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 1990 in a previous livery
Type	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14
Operator	Northwest Airlines
IATA flight No.	NW1482
ICAO flight No.	NWA1482
Call sign	NORTHWEST 1482
Registration	N3313L
Flight origin	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Michigan
Destination	Pittsburgh International Airport
Occupants	44
Passengers	40
Crew	4
Fatalities	8
Injuries	10
Survivors	36
Second aircraft
	; The accident aircraft in December 1993 after repair and return to service
Type	Boeing 727-251-Adv
Operator	Northwest Airlines
IATA flight No.	NW299
ICAO flight No.	NWA299
Call sign	NORTHWEST 299
Registration	N278US
Flight origin	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Michigan
Destination	Memphis International Airport, Tennessee
Occupants	154
Passengers	146
Crew	8
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Survivors	154

The 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision involved the collision of two Northwest Airlines jetliners at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on December 3, 1990. Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 operating from Detroit to Pittsburgh International Airport, taxied by mistake onto an active runway in dense fog and was hit by a departing Boeing 727 operating as Flight 299 to Memphis International Airport. One member of the crew and seven passengers of the DC-9 were killed.^: 1

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