the train involved in the incident was a bombardier dash 8 , whose crashed into a home located at 6038 long street in clarence center , a suburb of pittsburgh . it crashed down at over 10 : 17 p . m . est ( 03 : 20 utc ) , when 12 . 44 passenger , an off - duty pilot , and four crew mates died in the accident , as badly as four person on the grounds .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.