Colgan 3047 NEW

[LearLove]

the cactus flight was a 190 from what i was told

 

[belchfire]

the cactus flight was a 190 from what i was told

Well...do you have a hot wing on the 190 if the flaps are out? Heck, I don't even know of those things have any LEDs!

 

[pilotyip]

Was I Lied to?

Once again, there are NO airplanes designed or approved to fly in severe icing. Severe ice is to be avoided at all costs, no matter what the airplane.

You mean my instructor might have lied to me, lets check with Avbug he shoud know if the L-188 and L-382 were authorized for flight in severe icing.

 

[Bruno82]

I saw on Fox News that another "Continental Connection" flight landed 27 minutes after 3407. Does anyone know if that was a Q400?

 

[FreightGod]

I really hope there turns out to be more to the story than just NOT advancing the power levers.

Does the Q-400 have auto-throttles, and if so, are they commonly used on approach?

 

[satpak77]

I saw on Fox News that another "Continental Connection" flight landed 27 minutes after 3407. Does anyone know if that was a Q400?

yes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/16/buffalo.crash.ntsb/index.html

 

[N1VIBS]

God save us from the media. Some idiot on NBC News tonight reported the Captain only had about 100 hours on the Q400 and had been flying the Saab340 JET before flying the turboprop!!!

 

[contrail67]

God save us from the media. Some idiot on NBC News tonight reported the Captain only had about 100 hours on the Q400 and had been flying the Saab340 JET before flying the turboprop!!!

Uh..the guy got his type in the Q400 in Nov. of 2008. He probably did not have much more than 100 hours in it.

 

[bizicmo]

Are the details of the trip known? What day of the trip were they on? Length of overnights? Duty times for those days?

 

[satpak77]

Uh..the guy got his type in the Q400 in Nov. of 2008. He probably did not have much more than 100 hours in it.

I think too many unfortunate things lined up perfectly (or imperfectly?) that night, and resulted in a tragedy.