Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash
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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 two players on the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team along with six Oklahoma State broadcasters and members of the Oklahoma State 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 likely become disoriented, caused by equipment and instrument failure during snow storm.[2][3] The plane was flying from Jefferson County Airport to Stillwater Regional Airport after the team's loss to the Colorado Buffaloes.
 Beechcraft Super King Air 200 similar to accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 27, 2001 |
| Summary | Spatial disorientation in snow storm |
| Site | Strasburg, Colorado, United States 39°44′48″N 104°15′0″W / 39.74667°N 104.25000°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 |
| Operator | Jet Express Services |
| Registration | N81PF |
| Passengers | 8 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The aircraft was carrying two crew members (pilot Denver Mills, and co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom) and eight passengers involved with Oklahoma State basketball. All ten died.[1] Oklahoma State has a memorial erected to them, entitled "Remember the Ten", inside Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
See also
edit- List of accidents involving sports teams
- 2011 Arkansas Piper Cherokee crash – the second plane crash in 10 years to involve an Oklahoma State basketball team
References
edit- ^ a b "ESPN.com - GEN - Investigation continues in Oklahoma State crash". ESPN.
- ^ "Maps and details of plane crashes - PlaneCrashMap.com". www.planecrashmap.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012.
- ^ "In-Flight Electrical System Failure and Loss of Control, Jet Express Services, Raytheon (Beechcraft) Super King Air 200, N81PF, Near Strasburg, Colorado, January 27, 2001" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. January 15, 2003. NTSB/AAR-03/01. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
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