the jet responsible in the incident was a siemens dash 8 , then drove into a farmhouse residing at 6038 longer street in clarence centre , a suburb of buffalo . it went down at approximately 10 : 17 the . m . e ( 03 : 20 utc ) , february 12 . 44 passengers , an off - call pilot , and 11 passenger individuals injured in the crash , as well as one person on the ground .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.