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Crew Errors Led to Fatal Colgan Air Crash

Steve Scott

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the captain of Colgan Air Flight 3407 inappropriately responded to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. The Safety Board's probable cause determination also said additional flight crew failures contributed to the accident. On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air Bombardier DHC-8- 400 (N200WQ) operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407 was on an instrument approach to Buffalo-Niagara International, Buffalo, NY,…

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