Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash
Beechcraft Super King Air 200 similar to accident aircraft | |
Accident | |
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Date | January 27, 2001 |
Summary | Spatial disorientation in snow storm |
Site | Strasburg, Colorado, U.S. |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 |
Operator | Jet Express Services |
Registration | N81PF |
Passengers | 8 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 10 (all) |
Survivors | 0 |
The Oklahoma State University Cowboys basketball team plane crash occurred on January 27, 2001, at 19:37 EST, when a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registration N81PF, carrying 2 players on the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team along with 6 OSU broadcasters & members of the OSU coaching staff, crashed in a field 40 miles (64 km) east of Denver,[1] near Strasburg, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The pilot had become disoriented in a snow storm.[2] The plane was flying from Jefferson County Airport to Stillwater Regional Airport after the team's loss to the Colorado Buffaloes.
The plane was carrying 2 crew members (pilot Denver Mills, and co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom) and eight passengers involved with Oklahoma State basketball. All ten individuals died.[1] Oklahoma State has a memorial erected to them, entitled "Remember the Ten", inside Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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References
- 1 2 "ESPN.com - GEN - Investigation continues in Oklahoma State crash". espn.go.com.
- ↑ "Maps and details of plane crashes - PlaneCrashMap.com". www.planecrashmap.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012.
Coordinates: 39°44′48″N 104°15′0″W / 39.74667°N 104.25000°W