the craft involved in the fire was a bombardier dash 8 , which crashed into a home location at 6038 broad street in clarence center , a neighborhood of buffalo . it goes down at over 10 : 17 an . m . approx ( 03 : 20 utc ) , . 12 . 44 passengers , an off - duty driver , and four crew personnel died in the accident , as well as one member on the ground .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.