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  2. Air Indiana Flight 216 - Wikipedia

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    The Air Indiana Flight 216 crash occurred on December 13, 1977, at 19:22 CST, when a Douglas DC-3, registration N51071 carrying the University of Evansville basketball team, the Evansville Purple Aces, crashed on takeoff at the Evansville Regional Airport in Evansville, Indiana. The aircraft lost control and crashed shortly after lift-off. [1]

  3. 1977–78 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

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    On December 13, 1977, all 14 members of the varsity team and some members of the staff were killed in the Air Indiana Flight 216 crash. [3] The Purple Aces had been travelling to Nashville, Tennessee , to play the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Evansville Regional Airport and killed all ...

  4. List of accidents involving sports teams - Wikipedia

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    Men's basketball: Air Indiana: DC-3: Evansville, Indiana, United States: 29: 19: Entire team (save one player) and coaching staff, along with members of the press, boosters, and plane crew, are all killed in crash shortly after take-off from Evansville en route to a game against Middle Tennessee State University. The sole team member who did ...

  5. Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving sports ...

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    Printable version; In other projects ... Air Indiana Flight 216; O. Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash; S.

  6. List of fatal accidents and incidents involving commercial ...

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    The passengers were the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team. October 20, 1977 6 20 20 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash: near Gillsburg: Mississippi: Convair CV-240: The aircraft crashed due to fuel exhaustion caused by the crew's failure to adequately monitor its fuel. Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines died in the ...

  7. Families of Iowa men who died in Indiana plane crash were ...

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    The 2024 South Hamilton graduate was in FFA, the National Honor Society, and earned academic and First Team All-District Football honors. He was selected to compete in the 2024 Shrine Bowl playing ...

  8. Flight of plane that crashed and killed two originated in ...

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    An Indiana State Police news release said troopers and Shelby County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to reports that a plane had crashed north of Interstate 74 at 4:50 p.m.

  9. Four Iowans who died in a plane crash in Indiana on Friday ...

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    Four people from Iowa died after a small plane crashed in Madison County, Indiana, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.