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NTSB ADVISORY: NTSB TO MEET ON FINAL REPORT ON COLGAN AIR DASH-8 ACCIDENT NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

January 29, 2010

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NTSB TO MEET ON FINAL REPORT ON COLGAN AIR DASH-8 ACCIDENT
NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board
meeting on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in its
Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. The Board will consider a final report on
the following investigation:

On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air, Inc., Bombardier DHC-8-
400, N200WQ, operating as Continental Connection flight
3407, was on an instrument approach to Buffalo-Niagara
International Airport, Buffalo, New York, when it crashed
into a residence in Clarence Center, New York, about 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 by impact forces and a postcrash
fire. The flight was a 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Part 121 scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey.
Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the
time of the accident.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be
available on the Board’s website at
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/Boardmeeting.htm. Technical
support details are available under “Board Meetings” on the
NTSB website. To report any problems, please call 703-993-
3100 and ask for Webcast Technical Support.

A summary of the Board’s final report, which will include
findings, probable cause and safety recommendations, will
appear on the website shortly after the conclusion of the
meeting. The entire report will appear on the website
several weeks later.

Verizon wireless cellular service is accessible in the Board
Room and Conference Center.

Directions to the NTSB Board Room: Front door located on
Lower 10th Street, directly below L’Enfant Plaza. From
Metrorail, exit L’Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets
escalator, walk through shopping mall, at CVS store (on the
left), take escalator (on the right) down one level. The
Board Room will be to your left.

NTSB Media contact: Keith Holloway
202-314-6100
hollowk@ntsb.gov

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