The report notes that a "steep left bank was then necessary to avoid the mountain." The town of Tombstone is best known today as the site of the infamous shootout at the O.K. An accident report published by the National Transportation Safety Board notes that several eyewitnesses saw the aircraft flying below the mountaintops at all times.
"My initial and firm feeling was that the plane was in serious trouble as it was below the level of the mountains on either side that form the valley, and I didn't see how it could possibly turn around. Every one of the 75 people on board died in the crash. After suffering the loss to East Carolina on Nov. 14, 1970, a majority of the Marshall team boarded Southern Airlines Flight 932. A pilot familiar with the Loveland Pass area observed the aircraft as he was driving eastbound on US 6, about two miles east of Dry Gulch. The United States cable TV network ESPN produced an hour long story about the crash for its E:60 news magazine TV show. The NCAA gave the Thundering Herd special permission to let freshmen play on the varsity squad, and Lengyel cobbled together a ragtag group of first-years, walk-ons and the nine veteran players who hadn’t been on the plane that night.