Good day,

Boy is this kind of chilling. I can't believe we can hear this stuff so soon after.
I would suggest icing is one of the causes even before hearing this however I would say this confirms it.

God bless all of the PAX and families.

V/R
Gerry

LiveATC.net has Buffalo Approach audio for the time period of the crash.

http://archive- server.liveatc. net/kbuf/ KBUF-Feb- 13-2009-0300Z. mp3

Audio of note and times are listed below.

03:57 Colgan 3407 Checks in with Buffalo Approach and lined up for runway 23

15:00 Cleared for ILS 23

16:02 Told to switch to Tower Frequency 120.5 (read back was 120.7)

17:17 ATC Calling for Colgan 3407

17:34 Asking other aircraft to find Colgan 3407

20:25 Request to call state police

24:00 reporting crash to other aircraft

25:00 Lots of chater about ice build up

29:23 Pilot/ATC Chatting about crash