Video: 'Story of Lynyrd Skynyrd' (Oct. 20, 1977, at 18:26)

(Thursday, October 20, 1977, 6:55 p.m. CDT) — A Convair CV-240 chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd ran out of fuel and crashed tonight in Gillsburg, Mississippi, near the end of its flight from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Six people were killed, including lead vocalist/founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines and Steve’s older sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines.

Assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray also died as a result of the crash. Twenty others survived.