the planes involved in the incident was a siemens dash 8 , which crashed into a cottage located at 6038 long street in wayne circle , a suburb of albany . it came down at approximately 10 : 17 p . m . est ( 03 : 20 tc ) , february 12 . 44 passengers , an off - call pilot , and four aircraft members killed in the accident , as far as one woman on the ground .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.