#1 Patsy Cline Crash Behind the Scenes

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March 5, 1963, country music lost some of its top performers, headlined by Patsy Cline in a small plane crash in Tennessee. On the plane was Patsy manager and the pilot, Randy Hughes, performers Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. There were no survivors.

The plane was a 1960 Piper Comanche and the Civil Aeronautics Board investigation found nothing wrong with the plane that would cause it to crash. Hughes was a low-time pilot and did not hold an Instrument Rating. Conditions at the time of the crash were reported to be IMC (instrument meteorological conditions). The Probable Cause was Hughes’s spatial disorientation as the plane flew into the terrain.

Christy Wong researched this crash in preparation for a TakingOff Accident Investigation video for the YouTube channel. But there was so much more in her investigation than she could include in the video. So Dan Millican and Christy talk about some of the steps that went into creating the video and information that she couldn’t include.

Check out the TakingOff YouTube video about Patsy Cline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0BHsP22h0

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Dan Millican

Owner of a film/tv/video production company Serendipitous Films located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. When the drone craze hit the industry, Dan took advantage of the FAA’s 333 Exemption rule on commercial aerial work by getting his private pilot certificate and was hooked on aviation ever since. He has climbed the rating ladder and now holds his Certified Flight Instructor ticket. He purchased a Cessna 210 and uses it to carry crew and equipment to shoots all over the United States. In 2018, he created the YouTube channel “TakingOff” and like its name, it certainly has! The channel has experienced phenomenal growth and provides content that leaves the viewer a better person and pilot for watching.

 

Christy Wong

Christy Wong realized her lifelong dream of becoming an airline pilot at the age of 37. She is also a CFI/CFII/MEI and often does discovery flights to expose others to aviation. In addition to flying for the airlines and co-hosting “Taking Off”, Christy is also the president of her flying club. She also loves spending time with her family and friends and (surprise) going flying in her Piper Chorkee Wong Warrior when she can.