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Survivors. 0. 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 ...
Dec 13, 2017 · and last updated 10:00 AM, Dec 07, 2022. EVANSVILLE — Tragedy struck the community of Evansville on Dec. 13, 1977, when a plane carrying the men's basketball team crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 29 on board. The team was headed from the Evansville Regional Airport to the Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Michael Hartz
- August 26, 2024
- michael.hartz@wrtv.com
Dec 7, 2017 · Bryan Taylor, a member of the University of Evansville's Purple Aces men's basketball team, participates in a team drill in October of 1977. The team was killed in a plane crash on Dec. 13, 1977 ...
Jun 3, 2021 · Check a YouTube on an Indiana basketball player from my high school and college years in the '70s and you just may see RIP in the comments, along with tear emoticons. Here is the list of known deaths of standout players from the 1970s and early '80s who starred at Indiana's Final 4 or otherwise attained Hoosier high school basketball prominence:
Dec 13, 2017 · At 7:20 p.m. CST, Air Indiana Flight 216 took off from Dress Regional Airport on Evansville’s north side. Ninety seconds later, after clipping trees off of Twickingham Drive, the plane crashed ...
- Harry Lyles Jr.
Freshmen: Warren Alston, Ray Comandella, Mike Duff, Kraig Heckendorn, Michael Joyner, Barney Lewis, Greg Smith, and Mark Siegel. Freshman David Furr, the lone member of the team who did not board Air Indiana Flight 216, died two weeks later in a car crash, meaning all the members of the team died during the 1977–78 season.
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Dec 13, 2017 · The players on the 1977-78 University of Evansville basketball team were from places like Tell City, Indiana, and Goldsboro, North Carolina. Freshman Greg Smith had never been on a plane before ...
