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2001 aviation incident in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Accident | |
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Date | January 27, 2001 |
Summary | Spatial disorientation in snow storm |
Site | Strasburg, Colorado, United States 39°44′48″N 104°15′0″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.
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