<Tr> <Th> Stopover </Th> <Td> McComb - Pike County Airport, Pike County, Mississippi (emergency attempt) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Destination </Th> <Td> Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (Louisiana) </Td> </Tr> <P> On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV - 240 chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L&J Company of Addison, Texas, ran out of fuel and crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi, near the end of its flight from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana . </P> <P> Lead vocalist / founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist / vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray all died as a result of the crash . Twenty others survived . </P>

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