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Captain Marvin Renslow, 47, of Lutz, Florida was the pilot in command and Rebecca Lynne Shaw, 24, of Maple Valley, Washington served as the first officer.
Mar 28, 2014 · The two Colgan pilots were discussing the NASA video before the crash. Combine that with a couple of weak and tired aviators and the disaster was set. I am definitely not as knowledgeable as the NASA folks, but I do know that we have been training for stalls wrong for at least the last sixty years.
- Stormy Weather
- Resilience in The Face of Adversity
- Changes After Flight 3407
- The Fruits of Their Work
The flight 3407 was supposed to take off at 7:30 PM. Due to a winter storm, the operators decided to delay the flight to wait for better weather. Continental Airlines also warned the passengers that delays would occur in the East Coast. After almost 2 hours, the Continental Connection flight finally took off. The clock showed 9:18 PM when the Bomba...
The crash took away the lives of many people. As the families grieved for their loved ones, they united under one roof. Not to grief together, but to make changes. Make changes so that everybody, who stepped their foot on an aircraft in the United States would feel safer. A few months later, the National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing. ...
After the hearings and the final report, the families of the victims did not plan to give up. They planned to change the way Americans travel. The families set out to change very specific aviation safety laws. Although their mission is not yet finished, they pushed the United States Congress to pass PL 111-216, The Airline Safety and Federal Aviati...
A lot of aviation experts attribute the unparallel safety in the United States to the aftermath of the crash of Flight 3407. From 2010 onwards, commercial aviation in the United States has seen only 1 fatality, which was when a passenger on a Southwest flight was killed when an engine cover destroyed a window on the Boeing 737. But their fight is n...
On Dec. 17, 2008, the more than 500 pilots of Colgan Air became members of ALPA. Eight weeks later, on the night of Feb. 12, 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407, operating as a Continental Connection flight, crashed on approach to Buffalo, N.Y. Fifty people were fatally injured, including all four crewmembers aboard the Bombardier Dash 8-Q400; the 45 ...
Abstract: This report discusses the accident involving a Colgan Air, Inc., Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, operating as Continental Connection flight 3407, which experienced a loss of control on an instrument approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York, and crashed into a
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May 27, 2010 · The immediate cause of the Colgan Air 3407 crash was an error equally elementary. When the stick shaker warned of an impending stall, the captain did exactly the wrong thing: He pulled the...
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Feb 12, 2009 · Investigators determined that unprofessional pilot behavior contributed to the accident of Colgan Air flight 3407. The Professional Pilot Development Rule applies to certificate holders who train and qualify pilots under Part 121 subparts N and O (traditional) and under subpart Y (AQP).
