TY  - GEN
AB  - On December 13, 1977, the University of Evansville men's basketball team, coaches/staff, and fans, boarded a chartered DC-3 plane for a game in Nashville, TN against Middle Tennessee State University the next day. Ninety seconds after take-off the plane crashed, killing 29, including the basketball team, head coach, 3 student managers, athletic business manager, UE comptroller, sports information director, a popular radio announcer, and 2 fans. The site of the crash was a hilly area, with few access roads, but there was a train track nearby. A railroad car was brought to the site, and the victims were transported to a temporary morgue at the C.K. Newsome Center at 100 Walnut St., which was on the train line.
AU  - Greg Smith
DA  - 1977
DA  - December 13, 1977
ID  - 1543296
KW  - Local History
KW  - Photographs
KW  - Regional History
KW  - Related Materials -- 1951-2000
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1543296/files/2143.jpg
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1543296/files/2143.jpg
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1543296/files/2143.jpg
LA  - eng
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1543296/files/2143.jpg
N2  - On December 13, 1977, the University of Evansville men's basketball team, coaches/staff, and fans, boarded a chartered DC-3 plane for a game in Nashville, TN against Middle Tennessee State University the next day. Ninety seconds after take-off the plane crashed, killing 29, including the basketball team, head coach, 3 student managers, athletic business manager, UE comptroller, sports information director, a popular radio announcer, and 2 fans. The site of the crash was a hilly area, with few access roads, but there was a train track nearby. A railroad car was brought to the site, and the victims were transported to a temporary morgue at the C.K. Newsome Center at 100 Walnut St., which was on the train line.
PB  - University of Southern Indiana
PY  - 1977
PY  - December 13, 1977
T1  - University of Evansville plane crash in Evansville, Indiana
TI  - University of Evansville plane crash in Evansville, Indiana
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1543296/files/2143.jpg
Y1  - 1977
ER  -