Congress to enact more stringent regulations for regional carriers, and to improve the scrutiny of safe operating procedures and the working conditions of pilots. įamilies of the accident victims lobbied the U.S. as of December 2021, Flight 3407 is the most recent aviation incident involving a U.S.-based airline that resulted in mass casualties. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted the accident investigation and published a final report on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, which found the probable cause to be the pilots' inappropriate response to the stall warnings. The aircraft, a Bombardier Q400, entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover, and crashed into a house in Clarence Center, New York, at 10:17 pm EST (03:17 UTC), killing all 49 passengers and crew on board, as well as one person inside the house. Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jerseyīuffalo Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New YorkĬolgan 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 Thursday, February 12, 2009. "They're going to look into aircraft history, private history, experience level, weather for sure, and then the aircraft type," Frisone said.A Bombardier Q400 similar to the aircraft involved The NTSB will not travel to the scene, but the deputy director of regional operations said they are actively looking into the cause. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash. "It's almost impossible for that type of airplane to jump up to 750 knots," Frisone said. He's the former Director of Flight Operations for a Fortune 500 Company. Usually, the line looks similar to a bell curve, where this looks like a heart beat.ĭan Frisone agrees. The FlightAware page displays a yellow line, which shows the plane's speed - indicates something was wrong with the aircraft's instruments. Nance also said there are indicators something was wrong with the aircraft's instruments. "There's no clear indication of what's going on here," Nance said. The Federal Aviation Administration's preliminary accident report says the "aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances." The National Transportation Safety Board said hypoxia was the cause of a 2014 Socata TBM 700 crash that killed a Rochester couple. you should be coming out of it by then," Nance said. the fact that they would have been hypoxic. The fact that this occurred at 10,000 feet. "Had this occurred at 28,000 feet it would be an indication to me that the possibility of hypoxia is there.
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That's not something a professional pilot under these conditions would do," John Nance, ABC News Aviation Analyst, said.īarnes's lack of communication makes Nance question whether hypoxia played a factor in the crash.
"The fact that he is not responding after a certain point is very unusual. There's 51 seconds of complete silence from Barnes before the air traffic control states "radio contact lost." The individual asks Barnes where he is going and to maintain altitude. The air traffic controller can be heard asking Barnes if everything is okay, to which Barnes responds, "Yes sir, everything's fine." That would be one of Steve Barnes last transmissions to the ground.įor more than a minute, air traffic control continues to attempt contact plane N965DM. Air traffic control in Buffalo was able to regain contact. At one point during the flight, Boston center lost communication with Barnes. The plane crashed Friday morning in the Village of Corfu, killing Attorney Steve Barnes and his niece, Elizabeth Barnes.Ī YouTube video shows the final communication between aviation towers and Barnes. (WKBW) - More than 90 minutes into flight, there was no panic in the voice of Steve Barnes piloting plane N965DM, a Socata TBM 700.