Tennessee River Valley News - 42 years ago today, on October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 chartered by Lynyrd Skynyrd ran out of fuel and crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi, near the end
![LYNYRD SKYNYRD DRUMMER ARTIMUS PYLE ON THE 1977 PLANE CRASH & THE MOVIE JUDY VAN ZANT TRIED TO STOP - YouTube LYNYRD SKYNYRD DRUMMER ARTIMUS PYLE ON THE 1977 PLANE CRASH & THE MOVIE JUDY VAN ZANT TRIED TO STOP - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C5p6dnGdPd4/maxresdefault.jpg)
LYNYRD SKYNYRD DRUMMER ARTIMUS PYLE ON THE 1977 PLANE CRASH & THE MOVIE JUDY VAN ZANT TRIED TO STOP - YouTube
![Lynyrd Skynyrd band Monument Memorial at the site of the airplane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and 5 others, Amite County Mississippi, USA Stock Photo - Alamy Lynyrd Skynyrd band Monument Memorial at the site of the airplane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and 5 others, Amite County Mississippi, USA Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/bad81684aca2456f859b1954d1feda71/2g61thd.jpg)
Lynyrd Skynyrd band Monument Memorial at the site of the airplane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and 5 others, Amite County Mississippi, USA Stock Photo - Alamy
![On this day in 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed, killing Ronnie Van Zant; guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines, their manager and pilots. Survivors went looking for help On this day in 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed, killing Ronnie Van Zant; guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines, their manager and pilots. Survivors went looking for help](https://external-preview.redd.it/_3R5jasKrMN195WluIbBfnjgOSI5C0cngrgXKX71zic.jpg?auto=webp&s=40e8d13e534e5ef9e25b8f2c0eb99d19e0a819c2)