the plane participating in the incident was a bombardier dash 8 , which rolled into a home locate at 6038 franklin street in clarence center , a suburb of buffalo . it went down at approximately 10 : 17 p . m . east ( 03 : 20 sd ) , february 12 . 44 passengers , an off - patrol pilot , and four crew personnel died in the accident , as well as one person on the road .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.