Federal investigators say they have made more progress than expected on the identifying the cause of the crash that killed 10 people including members of the Oklahoma State men's basketball team, but still are months away from releasing a preliminary report. A final report is expected in 2002.
|  | | Investigators look over a piece of wreckage Jan. 28 near Byers, Colo., from the Beechcraft King Air 200 Catpass that crashed killing 10 people, including two Oklahoma State basketball players. |
The National Transportation Safety Board is reportedly focusing on an electrical malfunction on the plane, but investigators are not commenting. Investigators are examining parts from the wreckage in a hanger in Greeley, Colo. and have ruled out engine failure as a possible cause.
The Beechcraft Super King Air 200 left from the Jefferson County Airport during a storm on Jan. 27, crashing about 15 minutes later in a field 40 miles east of Denver. The plane climbed to 23,000 feet and cruised for three minutes before air traffic controllers lost contact with it. No distress call was made.
The plane, manufactured in 1976, was one of three taking the Cowboys team, coaches, broadcasters and sports officials home after a game at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Oklahoma State reserve players Dan Lawson and Nate Fleming died in the crash. Also killed were sports information employee Will Hancock, director of basketball operations Pat Noyes, trainer Brian Luinstra, student manager Jared Weiberg, broadcast engineer Kendall Durfey, KWTV broadcaster Bill Teegins, pilot Denver Mills and co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom.
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