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The accident report records that the aircraft was both owned and operated by L & J Company, [1] but the lease to Lynyrd Skynyrd's production company specified that Lynyrd Skynyrd was the operator [1] and therefore was responsible for regulatory compliance (including managing the flight crew). [1]
Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane went down in a wooded, swampy area in Gillsburg, Mississippi, on Oct. 20, 1977.
A Convair CV-240 that was carrying members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi on October 20, 1977, after running out of fuel. The crash claimed the lives of six of the 20 people on board the aircraft, including four passengers and both crew members.
Gillsburg was the location of the October 20, 1977 plane crash that killed three members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd.A rental plane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina, to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was low on fuel and crashed in a swamp in Gillsburg. [2]
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Loss of control in low visibility; wife Gwen Shamblin Lara also died in this accident; see 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash: Eugène Lefebvre: France 1909 First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash Wright Model A: Port-Aviation (Juvisy), France Crashed from 20 feet
A plane had engine issues before crashing into a Georgetown duplex, the FAA said. The 3 occupants survived and were returning from the Hill Country.
Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band members and crew.