Last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd dies. RIP
Convair CV-240 N55VM crash
Convair 240-14 USGS (6292926884).jpg
A Convair CV-240 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date October 20, 1977
18:52 (CST)[1]
Summary Fuel exhaustion due to pilot error
Site Heavily wooded swamp, Amite County, Mississippi, U.S.,
five miles (8 km) northeast
of Gillsburg
31°04′19″N 90°35′57″WCoordinates: 31°04′19″N 90°35′57″W[1]: 3
Aircraft
Aircraft type Convair CV-240[2]
Operator L & J Company of
Addison, Texas
Call sign 5 VICTOR MIKE
Registration N55VM
Flight origin Greenville Downtown Airport (Greenville, South Carolina)
Stopover McComb-Pike County Airport, Pike County, Mississippi (emergency attempt)
Destination Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (Louisiana)
Occupants 26
Passengers 24
Crew 2
Fatalities 6
Survivors 20
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The flight departed Greenville, South Carolina for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ultimately crashing near Gillsburg, Mississippi
On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States. Chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L & J Company of Addison, Texas, it was flying from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing near its destination.[3][4]
Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist and founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, Captain Walter McCreary and First Officer William John Gray all died as a result of the crash, while twenty others survived.
Gary Rossington, the last original member of legendary rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died
Convair 240-14 USGS (6292926884).jpg
A Convair CV-240 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date October 20, 1977
18:52 (CST)[1]
Summary Fuel exhaustion due to pilot error
Site Heavily wooded swamp, Amite County, Mississippi, U.S.,
five miles (8 km) northeast
of Gillsburg
31°04′19″N 90°35′57″WCoordinates: 31°04′19″N 90°35′57″W[1]: 3
Aircraft
Aircraft type Convair CV-240[2]
Operator L & J Company of
Addison, Texas
Call sign 5 VICTOR MIKE
Registration N55VM
Flight origin Greenville Downtown Airport (Greenville, South Carolina)
Stopover McComb-Pike County Airport, Pike County, Mississippi (emergency attempt)
Destination Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (Louisiana)
Occupants 26
Passengers 24
Crew 2
Fatalities 6
Survivors 20
Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash is located in the United Statescrash sitecrash siteGreenvilleGreenvilleBaton RougeBaton Rouge
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The flight departed Greenville, South Carolina for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ultimately crashing near Gillsburg, Mississippi
On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States. Chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L & J Company of Addison, Texas, it was flying from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing near its destination.[3][4]
Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist and founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, Captain Walter McCreary and First Officer William John Gray all died as a result of the crash, while twenty others survived.
Gary Rossington, the last original member of legendary rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died
SOURCE URL: https://youtu.be/QxIWDmmqZzY
Unfortunately as they started to gain momentum on a national/global scale and shortly after covid hit.I'm not sure what happened with him and his band.