The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a public hearing May 12-14 into the fatal crash of a Colgan Air turboprop near Buffalo, NY. On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 (N200WQ) operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407, crashed during an instrument approach to Runway 23 at the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport (BUF).  The four crew members and 45 passengers were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire.  There was one ground fatality. The hearing will be held at the NTSB's Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, DC and will cover a wide range of safety issues including:  icing effect on the airplane’s performance, cold weather operations, sterile cockpit rules, crew experience, fatigue management, and stall recovery training.  The public hearing is part of the Safety Board’s efforts to develop all appropriate facts for the investigation. “The tragedy of Flight 3407 is the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in more than seven years,” Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker, who will chair the hearing, said.  “The circumstances of the crash have raised several issues that go well beyond the widely discussed matter of airframe icing, and we will explore these issues in our investigative fact-finding hearing.”