3/11/2024 0 Comments Body lynyrd skynyrd plane crash![]() ![]() Everyone was shocked and sad.The next night I attended a RUSH concert at Will Rogers auditorium in Ft Worth TX and the band did a moment of silence. The whole house stayed quiet and subdued the rest of the night. ![]() I was at a large house party the night of when the radio station announced the crash and deaths. ![]() It appears that the co-pilot may have accidentally dumped the remaining fuel while trying to shift fuel from one tank to another during the emergency. Normally this airplane can fly on one engine if it's not overloaded. The band was enroute to Baton Rouge LA from Greenville SC when it encountered engine trouble. and came to rest at the intersection of Concord Ave. Ronnie Van Zandt, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, their tour manager and both pilots were killed. The Vans Aircraft RV-6 single-engine plane crashed at about 10:30 a.m. Sadly, less than a year later the band were flying in a Convair CV-300 twin prop charter aircraft when it ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooden area near Gillsburg. There were no witnesses to say who was driving the car, but Allen, who said he had no memory of the accident, pleaded no. Absolutely the stupidest thing I ever saw someone do at a concert. Needless to say, the security and fire dept officials were not amused and arrested him on the spot while putting out the fire. Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the tragedy. The crash came 3 days after the release of Street Survivors which went platinum & reached 5 on US charts. In those days a large beer was served in paper cups that resembled a milk carton, and he poured lighter fluid on a pile of them. TIL in 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, & Cassie Gaines died in an airplane crash in Mississippi. I do remember that some crazed fan tried to make a bonfire out of beercups in the aisle. They were in fine form and put on a great show. Skynyrd were touring for the live album "One more from the road", and the setlist was the same as on that album. The opening act was Blackfoot and the Climax Blues band was the middle act. They headlined a show at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Ft Worth TX on. Some of my most cherished concert memories are of a show by Lynyrd Skynyrd about a year before the plane crash in Gillsburg Mississippi. ![]()
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