Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash
Beechcraft Super King Air 200 similar to accident aircraft
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Accident summary | |
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Date | January 27, 2001 |
Summary | Snow storm |
Site | Strasburg, Colorado, United States |
Passengers | 8 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 10 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 |
Operator | Jet Express Services |
Registration | N81PF |
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 the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team, crashed near Strasburg, Colorado. The pilot had become disoriented in a snow storm.[1] The plane was flying from Jefferson County Airport to Stillwater Regional Airport after the team's loss against the Colorado Buffaloes. The plane was carrying eight people involved at Oklahoma State: two players, as well as 6 members of the coaching staff and OSU broadcasters. The lives of the pilot and co-pilot were also lost in the crash.[2] Oklahoma State has a memorial erected for the ten killed, entitled "Remember the Ten" outside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
See also
- Southern Airways Flight 932, a crash that killed most of the Marshall University football team
- Evansville basketball plane crash, a crash that killed the entire University of Evansville basketball team
- Munich air disaster, a crash that killed 8 members of Manchester United
- Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team plane crash
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