Local and federal authorities report that at approximately 10pm on February 12, 2009 a Colgan Air, Inc. Bombardier Dash8 Q400 aircraft operating as Continental Connection flight 3407 from Newark, New Jersey, crashed into a house during an instrument approach to Buffalo International Airport.  It appears all aboard the aircraft lost their lives and there is a report of at least one ground fatality. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has dispatched a Go team to begin the investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration, Colgan Air, and the Air Line Pilots Association will be parties to the NTSB's investigation.

The accident aircraft is a Q400 twin-engine turbo prop aircraft, registration N200WQ, which was configured to seat 74 passengers and operated by two pilots and two flight attendants.

COLGAN AIR, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. is a regional airline operating as Continental Connection, United Express and US Airways Express. In February 2008, Colgan Air launched the 74-seat Q400, operating as Continental Connection from Newark Liberty International Airport.