ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352101
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| Date: | Sunday 17 January 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-343B |
| Owner/operator: | Minneapolis Lakers/ Gopher Aviation |
| Registration: | N33671 |
| MSN: | 4812 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Near Carroll, IA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | St. Louis, Mo |
| Minneapolis, MN |
The Minneapolis Lakers returned on a special plane after the game in St. Louis. The plane encountered a huge blizzard along the way, and the left engine failed, resulting in the loss of power supply and the failure of multiple instruments such as air conditioning, radar, and navigation. The pilot was forced to land in a snow covered cornfield in the town of Carol, and all four crew members and 19 crew members on board survived.
Sources:
https://stewthornley.net/mplslakers_plane.htmlhttps://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/pilot-marks-60th-anniversary-of-mpls-lakers-landing-in-iowa-cornfield/89-79380725-a474-4d0f-80a2-97c65c84d16f n
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2024 08:54 | zhr2005 | Added |
| 01-Mar-2024 09:00 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 01-Mar-2024 13:37 | zhr2005 | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2024 13:58 | zhr2005 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2024 12:44 | zhr2005 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2024 10:01 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 14-Mar-2024 10:23 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
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