the vehicle used in the incident was a lincoln dash 8 , which smashed into a home located at 6038 long row in clarence plaza , a suburbs of buffalo . it went down at approximately 10 : 17 p . m . est ( 03 : 20 utc ) , february 12 . 44 guests , an off - patrol pilot , and six crew members died in the accident , as far as one person on the grounds .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.