Buddy Holly plane crash may be re-examined, It's the day the music died. In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, a small aircraft carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson crashed a few miles from Mason City Municipal Airport, near Clear Lake, Iowa.
Pilot Roger Peterson also died in the crash.
The voice of the hit songs "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be the Day" was silenced forever.
A few months later, the Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the accident primarily on pilot error and secondarily on snow.Read More
Pilot Roger Peterson also died in the crash.
The voice of the hit songs "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be the Day" was silenced forever.
A few months later, the Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the accident primarily on pilot error and secondarily on snow.Read More
