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Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash

Coordinates: 39°44′48″N 104°15′0″W / 39.74667°N 104.25000°W / 39.74667; -104.25000
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Oklahoma State basketball team plane crash
Beechcraft Super King Air 200 similar to accident aircraft
Accident
DateJanuary 27, 2001
SummarySnow storm
SiteStrasburg, Colorado, U.S.
Aircraft typeBeechcraft Super King Air 200
OperatorJet Express Services
RegistrationN81PF
Passengers8
Crew2
Fatalities10 (all)
Survivors0

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 against the Colorado Buffaloes.

The plane was carrying 2 crew members and 8 passengers involved with Oklahoma State basketball. All eight individuals died. The lives of the pilot, Denver Mills, and co-pilot, Bjorn Fahlstrom, were also lost in the crash.[1] Oklahoma State has a memorial erected for the ten killed, entitled "Remember the Ten", inside Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "ESPN.com - GEN - Investigation continues in Oklahoma State crash". espn.go.com.
  2. ^ "Maps and details of plane crashes - PlaneCrashMap.com". www.planecrashmap.com.

39°44′48″N 104°15′0″W / 39.74667°N 104.25000°W / 39.74667; -104.25000