List of Fatalities From Aviation Accidents - Musical Groups

Musical Groups

Name Nationality Year Description of Members Flight/Aircraft Location Cause/Circumstances
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson USA 1959 All three tourmates were killed, along with pilot Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, Iowa, United States CFIT; see The Day the Music Died
Bar-Kays USA 1967 Four of six members, including Ronnie Caldwell and Phalon Jones; also killed was soul singer Otis Redding Beechcraft Model 18 Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin Cause undetermined
Chase USA 1974 All four band members were killed Bill Chase, Walter Clark, John Emma and Wally Yohn Piper Twin Comanche Jackson, Minnesota CFIT during landing descent.
Lynyrd Skynyrd USA 1977 Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and back-up singer Cassie Gaines 1977 Convair 240 crash Northeast of Gillsburg, Mississippi Aircraft stalled due to fuel exhaustion during emergency landing attempt
Mamonas Assassinas BRA 1996 All five members killed Learjet 25 Cantareira mountain range CFIT
Fanfarekorps Koninklijke Nederlandse Landmacht NED 1996 23 out of 37 band members of the Royal Netherlands Army Fanfare were killed Lockheed C-130 Hercules Eindhoven Airport, Netherlands Ingested birds in engine during approach. Known as Herculesramp
Passion Fruit GER 2001 Two of the Eurodance trio perish; Maria Serrano Serrano and Nathalie van het Ende Crossair Flight 3597 Bassersdorf, Switzerland CFIT; crashed in hills short of runway during landing approach
Reba McEntire Band USA 1991 Guitarist Chris Austin, backup singer Paula Kaye Evans, bassist Terry Jackson, bandleader Kirk Cappello, guitarist Michael Thomas, drummer Tony Saputo, and keyboardist Joey Cigainero British Aerospace BAe 125 San Diego, California Pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude and clearance over mountainous terrain, and the copilots failure to adequately monitor the progress of the flight

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