Hi Bastiaan,
I tried on mine together with several running add-ons and it worked without problems.
Can you please give us more info on what your set-up is (operating system etc.) and what programs and add-ons you have installed.
It is most likely that this failure has to do either with any modules running on FS or, I dare say, some problematic gauges that another installation installed and are being used by the Dash-8.
Do all your other installed planes work OK?
At which point does the Crash To Desktop (CTD) happen? During flight selection, just before flying etc.
Also, another thing to try: Start somewhere on a standard plane (C172, Learjet, anything really). Then once everything is running OK, select the Dash-8 and see if it works.
Other than that I can't think of much at this point in time.
Let me know how it goes.