Colgan Air Flight 3407
A Dash-8 Q400 similar to the aircraft involved.
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | February 12, 2009 |
| Summary | Stalled during landing approach; crashed into a house; pilot fatigue |
| Site |
Clarence Center, New York, United States 43°00′42″N 78°38′21″W / 43.011602°N 78.63904°W |
| Passengers | 45 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 50 (all 49 on board; one on the ground) |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 4 (all on the ground) |
| Aircraft type | Bombardier DHC8-402 Q400 |
| Operator | Colgan Air d/b/a Continental Connection |
| Registration | N200WQ |
| Flight origin | Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey |
| Destination | Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York |
Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, which crashed on February 12, 2009. The aircraft, a Bombardier Dash-8 Q400, entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover and crashed into a house in Clarence Center, New York at 10:17 p.m. EST (03:17 UTC), killing all 49 passengers and crew on board, as well as one person inside the house.
The accident triggered a wave of inquiries about the operations of regional airlines in the United States. It was the first fatal airline accident in the U.S. since the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in August 2006, with 49 fatalities.
The National Transportation Safety Board conducted the accident investigation and published a final report on February 2, 2010, which found the probable cause to be the pilots' inappropriate response to the stall warnings.
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. The Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administrative Extension Act of 2010 required some of these regulation changes.
Colgan Air Flight 3407 (9L/CJC 3407) was marketed as Continental Connection Flight 3407. It was delayed two hours, departing at 9:18 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST; 02:18 UTC), en route from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
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