1960 Minneapolis Lakers cornfield landing

Aircraft incident in the US December 2024 Accident 1960 Minneapolis Lakers cornfield landing January 18, 1960 Forced landing Carroll, Iowa, U.S. 42.0843 N 94.8570 W inline,titleCarroll Daily Times Herald, January 18, 1960. "The plane rolled to a stop four-tenths of a mile north of 18th street and a couple hundred yards east of Grant Road." Douglas DC-3 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. 23 20 3 0 0 The 1960 Minneapolis Lakers cornfield landing was an aircraft incident where a Douglas DC-3 carrying 23 people, including the coach and players of the Minneapolis Lakers, made an emergency landing in an Iowa cornfield during a snowstorm after having gotten lost due to an electrical malfunction and poor weather.David Aldridge The Lakers' plane crash that wasn't https://a.espncdn.com/nba/columns/aldridge/1036857.html 10 October 2024 ESPN 24 January 2000Scott Ostler Steve Springer The Night Lakers' Plane Went Down in Iowa Cornfield https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-06-sp-2532-story.html 10 October 2024 The Los Angeles Times 6 January 1987Minneapolis Lakers' plane forced down https://www.newspapers.com/image/88355394/ 10 October 2024 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press 19 January 1960 24 Newspapers.com The incident has been described as the closest the United States has ever come to losing a professional sports team.Frank Deford The Deadly Plane Crash That Nearly Killed A Sport https://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133564763/the-deadly-plane-crash-that-nearly-killed-a-sport 10 October 2024 NPR 9 February 2011 Several months after the incident, Lakers owner Bob Short moved the franchise to Los Angeles. Incident After a game against the St. Louis Hawks, the aircraft took off from St. Louis at around 8:30pm on January 17, after having been delayed for two hours because of weather. About 10 minutes into the flight, the plane suffered an electrical malfunction which took out the plane's heater, lighting, defroster, radio, fuel gauge, and compass amongst others. Flying blind, the pilots decided it was too dangerous to return to the busy St. Louis airport and headed for Minneapolis. Without the plane's navigational equipment, it soon got lost. Around four hours afterward, and low on fuel, the crew spotted the town of Carroll, Iowa. After circling the town a few times, looking for an airport, the pilots successfully made an emergency landing in a nearby cornfield at around 1:30am on January 18.Jerry Zgoda Sixty years later, pilot's account of Minneapolis Lakers' plane crash in Iowa cornfield lives on https://www.startribune.com/sixty-years-later-pilot-s-account-of-minneapolis-lakers-plane-crash-in-iowa-cornfield-lives-on/567125482 10 October 2024 The Minnesota Star Tribune 20 January 2020Jerry Crowe In 1960, the Lakers had their worst trip ever https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-apr-11-la-sp-crowe-20100412-story.html 10 October 2024 The Los Angeles Times 11 April 2010Jimmy Golen 1960: Lakers' brush with death https://www.newspapers.com/image/281937016/ 10 October 2024 The Daily Times Associated Press 24 May 1992 C6 Newspapers.com Passengers and crew The plane was crewed by three people. It also carried 20 passengers, including coach Jim Pollard and players Elgin Baylor, Hot Rod Hundley and Bobby Leonard as well as several other players, team personnel, family members and fans.Wayne Drehs We're gonna make it. We're gonna make it https://www.espn.com/gen/s/2001/0328/1163444.html 10 October 2024 ESPN 28 March 2001Tim Gallagher Fifty years later, western Iowa remembers harrowing incident https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/fifty-years-later-western-iowa-remembers-harrowing-incident/article_ec3e606b-a885-5843-a548-00f18b6502f9.html 10 October 2024 Sioux City Journal 16 January 2010 References Category:January 1960 in the United States United States Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1960 Category:Minneapolis Lakers Category:Carroll, Iowa Category:1960 in Iowa