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American pop singer Ricky Nelson died during the crash-landing of his band’s aircraft on December 31, 1985. The plane, a Douglas DC-3, was brought down mid-flight outside De Kalb, Texas, by a fire that rapidly spread from a suspected faulty in-cabin heater.
Last photo taken of musician Ricky Nelson on New Years Eve, 1985. He would die that same day along with his band in a tragic plane crash.
But, on June 4, 1985, an incident forced the DC-3’s pilot, 33-year-old Brad Rank, and co-pilot Thomas Ferguson to make an unscheduled landing in Lancaster, California after an engine failed in flight.
Ricky Nelson, who gained childhood fame on his parents' radio and television programs and went on to became one of rock-and-roll's earliest teen-age idols, was killed today along with his...
Ricky Nelson plane crash investigation 1985 to 1992Never before seen video YouTube
For years, pieces of the DC-3 airplane that crash-landed and burned, killing child TV star and rock legend Ricky Nelson 30 years ago Thursday, rested in a barn in east Texas with no one to...
While the two pilots of the plane would survive their attempted emergency landing in a field outside De Kalb, Texas, all seven passengers on board were killed, including the first pop star to cross...
In-flight fire in cabin under floor; crashed during emergency landing in a field. This accident killed singer actor Ricky Nelson. PROBABLE CAUSE:
A smoke-filled plane carrying Ricky Nelson, his fiancee and five band members made a good landing in an East Texas pasture, then burned, officials said tonight.
When his DC-3 plane burst into flames midflight and clipped two electric power poles outside of DeKalb, Tex., Nelson, his fiancée, Helen Blair, 27, and five band and crew members were lost.