On March 5 , 1963 , country singers Patsy Cline , Hawkshaw Hawkins , and Cowboy Copas were flying into Cornelia Fort Airpark from Fairfax Airport in Kansas City , Kansas . The owner and pilot of the plane was Copas ‘ son in law , and Cline ‘ s manager , Randy Hughes . After a stopover at Dyersburg to refuel , Hughes ’ Piper Comanche crashed on the flight to Nashville near Camden , Tennessee , about 90 miles from the Cornelia Fort Airpark
flight to Nashville
1963 Camden PA-24 crash
Cornelia Fort Airpark