12 FEB 2009 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402 Q400 (N200WQ) of Colgan Air, 10 km NE of Buffalo Niagara International Airport, NY (BUF)- 48(48 )
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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2009-3
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Date: 12 FEB 2009
Time: ca 22:20
Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402 Q400
Operator: Colgan Air
Registration: N200WQ
C/n / msn: 4200
First flight: 2008
Engines: 2
Crew: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44
Total: Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: 10 km NE of Buffalo Niagara International Airport, NY (BUF) (United States of America)
Phase: Approach
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR)
Destination airport: Buffalo Niagara International Airport, NY (BUF)
Flightnumber: 3407
Colgan Air Flight CJC3407 departed Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR) at 21:20 on a domestic flight to Buffalo Airport, NY (BUF). The airplane, a DHC-8, is reported to have crashed in a residential area of Buffalo, NY while on approach to the airport. It struck a house in Clarence Center, starting a huge fire. Weather reported about the time of the accident (03:20 UTC): KBUF 130254Z 24015G22KT 3SM -SN BR FEW011 BKN021 OVC027 01/M01 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP097 P0001 60004 T00061006 51015= [Wind 240 degrees at 15 kts, gusting to 22kts; light snow, mist with a visibility of 3 miles; few clouds 1,100 ft.; broken clouds 2,100 ft.; overcast 2,700 ft. Temperature 0.6°C, Dewpoint -0.6°C] KBUF 130354Z 24011KT 3SM -SN BR SCT011 OVC021 01/M01 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP103 P0002 T00061006= [Wind 240 degrees at 11 kts; light snow, mist with a visibility of 3 miles; scattered clouds 1,100 ft.; overcast 2,100 ft.;Temperature 0.6°C, Dewpoint -0.6°C ACARS logs suggest that N200WQ was the aircraft involved in the accident.
Sources:
» The Buffalo News
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE DE HAVILLAND CANADA DHC-8
Last fatal accident involving a de Havilland Canada DHC-8: 09-JUN-1995 DHC-8-102 ZK-NEY Ansett New Zealand - 4 fatalties (4997 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 6 (of which 6 were accidents)
2nd worst accident involving a de Havilland Canada DHC-8
Survival rate for all fatal de Havilland Canada DHC-8 accidents: on average 43.9 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents