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Transportation board contemplating reopening Buddy Holly crash - Chicago Tribune
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board is searching into a request to reopen the
investigation of the Iowa plane crash that killed musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The
Major Bopper" Richardson.
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled in 1959 that the most most likely induce of the crash was pilot
error. Snow was listed a secondary cause.
cCommentsOh come on. No wise pilot now would take off in a single engine piston aircraft with zero
de-icing gear whatsoever in a snowstorm with complete fuel and all seats filled plus luggage . That
plane had 5 seats I feel. There was 5 grownup males on board, plus luggage. Most probably
that...Land-of-Lincolnat ten:48 PM March 04, 2015Add a commentSee all comments2
The Globe Gazette reports that the board has agreed to look at a further investigation immediately
after getting a letter from New England pilot L.J. Coon. He contended that there had been other
problems involving excess weight and stability calculations, the charge of the plane's climb and
descent, fuel gauge readings and the passenger-side rudder.
"You have gotten our attention," the NTSB said in a letter to Coon. "Let us do our due diligence in
purchase to give you a proper answer."
Board spokesman Terry Williams informed The Linked Press that all requests to reconsider past
investigations are dealt with in the similar style to establish if the case warrants reopening. He
explained much less than 10 such requests are created yearly across all modes of transportation,
with less than 50 % of circumstances reopened.
An original response to Coon's data will get about two months. It could then consider up to a 12
months to determine if the petition will be granted.
Gary W. Moore, who wrote a book about Holly, believes that the Civil Aeronautics Board produced
the proper choice when it blamed the Feb. three, 1959, crash on mistakes by pilot Roger Peterson,
who also died. The plane crashed into a farm area in Clear Lake less than four minutes right after
takeoff from the Mason City Municipal Airport.
"I feel that what they are going to find is its fairly uncomplicated," Moore mentioned. "The pilot was
unqualified to fly in people ailments and he lost control of the airplane."
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