Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash explained

Oklahoma State basketball team plane crash
Date:January 27, 2001
Type:Spatial disorientation in snow storm
Occurrence Type:Accident
Site:Strasburg, Colorado, United States
Coordinates:39.7467°N -104.25°W
Fatalities:10
Aircraft Type:Beechcraft Super King Air 200
Operator:Jet Express Services
Tail Number:N81PF
Passengers:8
Crew:2
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 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 40miles 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.

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ESPN.com - GEN - Investigation continues in Oklahoma State crash. ESPN.
  2. Web site: Maps and details of plane crashes - PlaneCrashMap.com. www.planecrashmap.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615194524/http://www.planecrashmap.com/plane/co/N81PF. June 15, 2012. mdy-all.
  3. Web site: 2003-01-15. 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. 2021-11-19. National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB/AAR-03/01.