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Colgan Air 3407

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NTSB Aircraft Accident Report Figures Figure 1. Q400 Indicated Airspeed Display .................................................................................17 Figure 2. Q400 Reference Speeds Switch...............................
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Colgan Air 3407

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12, 2009, about 2217 eastern standard time,1 a Colgan Air, Inc., Bombardier DHC-8-400 (Q400),2 N200WQ, operating as Continental Connection flight 3407,3 was on an instrument approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport (BUF), Buffalo, New York, when it crashed into a
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Colgan Air 3407

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wings level, the stick pusher activated (about 2216:34), and flaps 0 was selected. (The Q400 stick pusher applies an airplane-nose-down control column input to decrease the wing angle-of-attack [AOA] after an aerodynamic stall.) About 2216:37, the first officer told the
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Colgan Air 3407

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in turbine airplanes, 1,030 hours as a pilot-in-command (PIC), and 111 hours on the Q400. He had flown 116, 56, and 16 hours in the 90, 30, and 7 days, respectively, before the accident.22 (These times do not include the
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Colgan Air 3407

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2,244 hours of total flying time, including 774 hours in turbine airplanes and on the Q400. She had flown 163, 57, and 16 hours in the 90, 30, and 7 days, respectively, before the accident. (These times do not include
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Colgan Air 3407

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contrast with the approach-to-stall training that the first officer received for the Q400, which was to be performed as a coordinated maneuver with flap changes commanded by the flying pilot.45 42 A first officer who reported to EWR at 0525
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