the plane caught in the incident was a airlines dash 8 , which crashed into a house located at 6038 long street in york center , a suburb of buffalo . it happened down at approximately 10 : 17 the . m . est ( 03 : 20 utc ) , february 12 . 44 passengers , an off - duty driver , and four crew members died in the collision , as well as one person on the ground .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.