55 Years Ago: Buddy Holly, Richie Valens + the Big Bopper Killed in Plane Crash

THE INVESTIGATION: A Beech Bonanza, N3794N, crashed at night approximately 5 miles northwest of the Mason City Municipal Airport, Mason City, Iowa, at approximately 0100, February 3, 1959. The pilot and three passengers were killed and the aircraft was demolished. The aircraft was observed to take off toward the south in a normal manner, turn and climb to an estimated altitude of 800 feet, and then head in a northwesterly direction. When approximately 5 miles had been traversed, the tail light… (www.fiftiesweb.com) עוד...