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The Day the Music Died
1959 American plane crash
This article is about the plane crash. For other uses, see The Day the Music Died (disambiguation).
The wreckage of the Bonanza at the crash site | |
| Date | February 3, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-02-03) |
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| Summary | Crashed following loss of control in poor weather at night |
| Site | Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, U.S.
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| Aircraft type | Beechcraft Bonanza |
| Operator | Dwyer Flying Service, Mason City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Registration | N3794N |
| Flight origin | Mason City Municipal Airport, Iowa, U.S. |
| Destination | Hector Airport, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Passengers | 3 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J.
P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, to