What rock group was killed in a plane crash? Did Lynyrd Skynyrd sue the plane crash?

In 1977, it was reported that three members of the rock group, Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a plane crash when they were just setting out that autumn on a national tour which was set to be their biggest tour. Their plane crashed in a heavily wooded area of southwestern Mississippi during a failed emergency landing attempt.

The crash killed three members of the group; Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines. Other victims also included the band’s assistant road manager and the plane’s pilot and co-pilot. Survivors of the crash were twenty (20).

Did Lynyrd Skynyrd sue the plane crash?

Ex-drummer of the group, Artimus Pyle was sued by the then-only surviving member of the band, Gary Rossington for trying to release a documentary/movie about the group’s plane crash that took three of its members, and three others.

The documentary titled Street Survivors which was scheduled to release to portray what actually went on before, during, and after the crash was put on hold briefly. However, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan overturned a previous injunction against the film.

“That crash is part of the history of the band, but it is also an ‘experience’ of Pyle with the band, likely his most important experience,” says part of the ruling.