Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402 accident near Clarence Center, NY
On February 13, 2009, a Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Clarence Center, NY. 49 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 13, 2009
- Place
- Clarence Center, NY
- Aircraft
- Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 49 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.011°N, 78.635°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090213X13613
Official records · DCA09MA027
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3-Factual Report Of Group Chairman: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-Exhibit 3-B FAA Aircraft Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Public Hearing Transcript-Day 1: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Public Hearing Transcript-Day 2: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Public Hearing Transcript-Day 3: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
The Safety Board’s full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-10/01. On February 12, 2009, about 2217 eastern standard time, a Colgan Air, Inc., Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, operating as Continental Connection flight 3407, was on an instrument approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York, when it crashed into a residence in Clarence Center, New York, about 5 nautical miles northeast of the airport. The 2 pilots, 2 flight attendants, and 45 passengers aboard the airplane were killed, one person on the ground was killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
Probable cause
The captain’s inappropriate response to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. Contributing to the accident were (1) the flight crew's failure to monitor airspeed in relation to the rising position of the low-speed cue, (2) the flight crew failure to adhere to sterile cockpit procedures, (3) the captain’s failure to effectivel
From Wikipedia
Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, on February 12, 2009. Approaching Buffalo, the Bombardier Q400 entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover and crashed into a house at 6038 Long Street in Clarence Center, New York, at 10:17 pm EST (03:17 UTC), about 5 miles (8 km; 4 nmi) from the end of the runway, killing all 49 passengers and crew on board and one person inside the house.
The National Transportation Safety Board conducted the accident investigation and published a final report on February 2, 2010, that identified the probable cause as the pilots' inappropriate response to stall warnings.
Colgan Air staffed and maintained the aircraft used on the flight that was scheduled, marketed, and sold by Continental Airlines under its Continental Connection brand. Families of the accident victims lobbied the U.S. Congress to enact more stringent regulations for regional carriers and to improve the scrutiny of safe operating procedures and the working conditions of pilots.
Text from Wikipedia, “Colgan Air Flight 3407”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
