What the records say
- When
- 5 Mar 1963
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 36.06° N, 88.16° W
- Description
- aviation crash in 1963
1963 Camden PA-24 crash
1963 accident which killed Patsy Cline
On March 5, 1963, the American country music performers Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and pilot Randy Hughes were killed in an airplane crash near Camden, Tennessee, United States. Hughes was also Cline's manager and Copas' son-in-law. The accident occurred as the four occupants were returning home to Nashville, Tennessee, after performing in Kansas City, Kansas.
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