March 19, 1982 - The Day The Music Died
Below are links to newspaper articles from various parts of the United States concerning the March 19th, 1982 plane accident. While most were from only about two sources, you can see the headlines and text from all around the country,...
California, Washington
Bakersfield, Los Angeles (2), San Diego, and San Francisco, CA - Seattle, WA
Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C.
Providence, RI - Glens Falls, NY - New York, NY - Newark, NJ - Washington D.C.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois
Allentown, Greensburg, Harrisburg, McKeesort, Philadelphia, and Pittburgh, PA - Chicago, IL - Cleveland, OH
Florida, Tennessee
Daytona Beach, Leesburg, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, FL - Knoxville, TN
Texas, Louisiana
Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas (2), Ft. Worth, Houston (2), and San Antonio, TX - New Orleans, Shreveport, LA
England
If you have any articles concerning this accident that could be added here, please e-mail me.
Reports and other stuff related to the accident:
Unlike the news articles, these pages (in some cases) will not show scans of the actual documents - due to their length. Some of the Sheriff's reports are not presented in their entirety as I did not feel the need for some of the more graphic and detailed information to be on my pages.
Incident report text and images of toxocology, Mike Partin and Andrew Aycock forms.
NTSB Brief of accident text only.
Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident report
Accident report text and Aycock medical certificate image.
Sheriff's reports & Witness statement (1 - 4)
Report text and witness statement text with partial image of witness statement.
A small (and incomplete) list of some of Randy's possesions that were on the bus.
Affidavit text and images.