the plane engaged in the incident was a dc dash 8 , had crashed into a home located at 6038 long broadway in lafayette center , a suburb of buffalo . it went down at roughly 10 : 17 p . m . est ( 03 : 20 utc ) , february 12 . 44 passengers , an off - duty pilot , and four crew members died in the accident , as well as one person on the ground .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.