N922RW (Douglas DC-9-31) — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 1995 to October 2007 — 17,378 flights. Last reported flight: October 24, 2007, Northwest Airlines, RAP → MSP.

Not reported in scheduled US service since October 2007 (data through July 2026).

Carrier	First	Last	Flights
Northwest Airlines NW	January 1995	October 2007	17,378

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory in 2006, most recently reported as owned.

Carrier	First filed	Last filed
Northwest Airlines NW	2006	2006

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

October 18, 1989Accident
THE POOR INFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISIONS MADE BY THE FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER TWO GENERATOR CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE UNIT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE FAILURE OF THE NO. 2 GENERATOR CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE UNIT AND THE CREW'S INADVERTENT SHUT DOWN OF THE WRONG GENERATOR WHICH RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9
THE POOR INFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISIONS MADE BY THE FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER TWO GENERATOR CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE UNIT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE FAILURE OF THE NO. 2 GENERATOR CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE UNIT AND THE CREW'S INADVERTENT SHUT DOWN OF THE WRONG GENERATOR WHICH RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: minor damage.

September 13, 2006Incidentminor damage
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · Saskatoon · A06C0146
A06C0146: The McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-30, N922RW, operating as NW1842 was starting engines for a scheduled flight to Minneapolis. While starting the right engine (Pratt & WHitney JT8D-15), smoke and flames were observed near the rear and exiting the inboard side of the engine cowling. The crew aborted the start. An…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).