Date: | 03-FEB-1959 |
Time: | 01:00 |
Type: | ![]() Beechcraft 35 Bonanza |
Owner/operator: | Dwyer Flying Service, Inc |
Registration: | N3794N |
C/n / msn: | 1019 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Clear Lake, IA -
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | KMCW |
KFAR |
If Buddy Holly were alive today, he'd be 82. Instead he died in 1959 — sixty years ago today — "the day the music died."
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) February 3, 2019
The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and the pilot also died. They were heading for Fargo. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus. pic.twitter.com/7i7TLwRJ1w
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20-Feb-2015 05:14 | oselp | Added |
12-Apr-2016 15:35 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
25-Apr-2016 18:45 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, Location] |
24-Oct-2016 04:13 | Dcs002 | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
03-Feb-2019 14:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
04-Jan-2020 20:58 | James Dow | Updated [Embed code] |