![]() Like other albums to come, this introductory work contained well-crafted yet musically unpretentious songs for and about the common man. Helming the show, Ronnie Van Zant sang about fighting or loving with equal passion., In 1973 their debut album "Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced: Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)" announced the group to the world. Bassist Leon Wilkeson and drummer Bob Burns established a backing for it all. Billy Powell provided keyboard and piano accompaniment. Guitarists Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Ed King formed what became known as "the three-guitar attack". In the sweltering Southern heat the band solidified as a tight musical unit. Eventually, after numerous police interruptions of the band's loud and rowdy practice sessions, the group moved their rehearsals outside the city limits, to an unairconditioned one-room cabin they nicknamed the "Hell House". The founding members jokingly named the band after a gym coach, Leonard Skinner. Pre Crash: Rise of the Simple Man, In 1964 Lynyrd Skynyrd began humbly in Jacksonville, Florida. The aircraft had crashed in heavily wooded terrain, during twilight hours, at an elevation of 310 ft near the town of Gillsburg, Mississippi.īoth pilots, band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and the band's manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed in the accident.Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash Site Memorial. Several attempts were made by Houston Center to contact the flight but there was no response.Īt 18:55:51 an aircraft reported picking up a weak transmission from an emergency locator transmitter (ELT). The response was, "We're at four point five." This was the last recorded communication between N55VM and the ARTCC. At 18:45:47 Houston Center requested N55VM's altitude. The crew did not explain what that indication was. N55VM did not confirm that a turn was initiated until 18:44.Īt 18:44:34, the pilot of N55VM said, "We are not declaring an emergency, but we do need to get close to McComb as straight and good as we can get, sir."Īt 18:45:12 N55VM advised Houston, "Center, five victor Mike we're out of fuel." The center replied, "Roger, understand you're out of fuel?" N55VM replied, "I am sorry, it's just an indication of it." Houston Center gave the flight vectors to McComb and advised it to turn to a heading of 025°. The reply was, "Yes, sir, we're low on fuel and we're just about out of it, we want vectors to McComb, post haste please, sir." At 18:40 the flight told Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), "We're out of one two thousand for six thousand." About 18:42 N55VM advised Houston Center, "Yes, sir, we need to get to a airport, the closest airport you've got, sir." Houston Center responded by asking the crew if they were in an emergency status. The pilot was also given a weather briefing.Īfter reaching 12,000 ft, N55VM proceeded according to flight plan and at 18:39 was cleared to descend to and maintain 6,000 ft. The pilot requested an altitude of 12,000 ft and stated that his time en route would be 2 hours 45 minutes and that the aircraft had 5 hours of fuel on board. ![]() The route of flight was to be Victor 20 Electric City, direct Atlanta, direct La Grange, direct Hattiesburg Victor 222 McComb, V194 and to Baton Rouge. The pilot had filed an IFR flight plan with the Greenville Flight Service Station. On October 20 at 16:02 CDT, the flight had departed Greenville Downtown Airport for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. While on the ground at Greenville, the aircraft had been refueled with 400 gallons of 100-octane, low-lead fuel. Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU/KGMU), United States of Americaīaton Rouge-Ryan Airport, LA (BTR/KBTR), United States of AmericaĪn L&J Company Convair CV-300 (N55VM) operated as a charter flight to transport the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.Īt 04:30 CDT on October 18, N55VM had arrived at the Greenville Downtown Airport, South Carolina, from Lakeland, Florida. Accident investigation report completed and information capturedĨ km (5 mls) NE of Gillsburg, MS ( United States of America)
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