Commuter Flight Crash in Buffalo - Continental 3407

Rate of descent doesn't seem that bad, at least up to the last data point at 5300 feet. Fastest rate of descent was 1100 feet per minute.

Local pilot on the phone right now ... talking about this info.


That height seems about normal, but the speed isn't. A little low.


He's theorizing if it wasn't some sort of major mechanical failure, it may have been a deicing failure. Unfortunately I didn't hear the details explaining how that works.
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Originally Posted by Onix:
Local pilot on the phone right now ... talking about this info.

A commuter flight crashed in Buffalo, NY this morning. Continental Flight 3407 crashed into a home killing all on board and 1 on the ground.

Based on reviewing flight data, a local pilot provided the following insights:

"That height seems about normal, but the speed isn't. A little low."


He went on to theorize if it wasn't some sort of major mechanical failure, it may have been a deicing failure. If the deicing system stopped working, then ice would build up on the wing. That could change the shape of the airfoil and then they could have stalled.

The pilots on board called in mechanical difficulties before attempting to land.