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Originally Posted by abisel

On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.

Soon after take-off, late at night and in poor, wintry weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the light aircraft, a Beechcraft Bonanza, which subsequently crashed into a cornfield, leaving no survivors.

NTSB accident report: http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/CAB_2-3-1959.pdf

There is a guy with a Mooney M20 that now has that tail number... wonder if he knows it's history.