a Douglas DC-6 on final approach to Dallas Love Field. The pilot and single passenger aboard the Swift were killed on impact with the ground; the DC-6 made a safe landing with no injuries to the 55 passengers and five crew. 1959 February 3 – A Beechcraft Bonanza carrying musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles Richardson crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa in what become known as The Day the Music Died. 1963 March 5 – A Piper PA-24 Comanche carrying country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins crashed during a flight to Nashville, Tennessee, killing all four on board the aircraft. 1964 July 31 – A Beechcraft Debonair piloted by country musician and songwriter Jim Reeves crashed on a flight from Batesville, Arkansas to Nashville, Tennessee, killing Reeves and his manager/pianist. 1969 August 31 – A Cessna 172 carrying former world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano crashed in Newton, Iowa, killing Marciano, the pilot, and another passenger. 1971 May 28 – An Aero Commander 680 Super crashed near Roanoke, Virginia, killing highly decorated World War II veteran Audie Murphy and five others on board. 1972 October 16 – A twin-engine Cessna 310 carrying U.S. Representative Nick Begich of Alaska and House Majority Leader Hale Boggs of Louisiana disappeared during a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Juneau, Alaska. An unsuccessful 39-day search was called off on November 24; the aircraft's wreckage and Begich and Boggs' bodies were never found. December 31 – Baseball player Roberto Clemente died when his chartered Douglas DC-7 crashed into the ocean off Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, immediately after takeoff. 1973 January 22 – The personal Piaggio P.136L-2 airplane of Alexander Onassis crashed at Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece. A few seconds after takeoff from runway 33, the plane's right wing dropped and stayed down, and the plane crashed shortly after losing balance. The pilot, Donald McCusker, and another passenger both suffered serious injuries in the crash, and Onassis died the next day from his injuries. Reports into the crash concluded that it had occurred as a result of the reversing of the aileron connecting cables during the installation of a new control column. Manslaughter proceedings initiated against McCusker were later dropped, and six people were also charged over Onassis's death in January 1974, with their indictment indicating that faulty controls had been fitted to his plane. Onassis's father, Aristotle Onassis refused