AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS: PILOT ERROR KILLS 50 PEOPLE in BUFFALO, the Crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407

AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS: PILOT ERROR KILLS 50 PEOPLE in BUFFALO, the Crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407
ISBN-10
0557395593
ISBN-13
9780557395590
Series
Air Crash Investigations
Category
History
Pages
399
Language
English
Published
2010-04-16
Publisher
Lulu.com
Author
Allistair Fitzgerald

Description

On February 12, 2009, about 2217 eastern standard time, Colgan Air, Flight 3407, a Bombardier DHC-8-400, on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, crashed into a residence in Clarence Center, New York, 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. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was a pilot's error.

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