Wichita State University football team plane crash
- Wichita State University football team plane crash
Infobox Airliner incident
name=Wichita State University Crash
Date=October 2, 1970
Type=Stall
Site=Silver Plume, Colorado
Fatalities=31
Injuries=
Aircraft Type=Martin 4-0-4
Operator=Golden Eagle Aviation
Tail Number=N464M
Passengers=37
Crew=3
Survivors=9
On October 2, 1970 a Martin 4-0-4 aircraft flown by Golden Eagle Aviation crashed near Silver Plume, Colorado. It was one of two planes carrying the Wichita State University football team to Logan, Utah for a game against Utah State University. The plane took off from Wichita, Kansas for Logan with a stop in Denver, Colorado. The President of Golden Eagle Aviation, Ronald G. Skipper, was the pilot flying the plane. He was acting in the capacity of a First Officer because he did not have a type rating on the Martin 4-0-4. During the flight to Denver from Wichita he visited with passengers in the cabin advising them after refueling they would take a scenic route near the Loveland ski resort. After take-off from Denver several witnesses described seeing the plane fly unusually low towards the Continental Divide. Some witnesses were looking down as the plane flew by below them. As the plane neared the pass it was unable to climb above the mountain peak or complete a turn away from rising terrain. The plane struck trees on Mount Trelease 1,600 feet below the summit and crashed. The impact killed 29 passengers as well as the Captain and Flight Attendant. The National Transportation Safety Board report lists the probable cause to be that the pilot made improper decisions in-flight or in planning.
The game was canceled, and the two schools never met again before Wichita State ended varsity football after the 1986 season. Utah State is currently in the Western Athletic Conference.
Memorial
Wichita State University built a memorial for those who had died from the crash called Memorial '70. Every year on October 2 at 9 am, a wreath is placed at this memorial.
ee also
*Southern Airways Flight 932, a crash the following month that killed most of the Marshall University football team
External links
* [http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR71-04.pdf NTSB Report]
* [http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=memorial&p=/index/ Memorial '70]
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