My mom knew Patsy before she became famous. Mom said that she would play the little clubs around Norfolk Naval Base and my mom would go over on her leave days and listen. They struck up a friendship, hanging out whenever Patsy was in town. The crash happened the day after my 6th birthday and I remember mom crying for awhile. She said that a friend was killed in a crash and it was only later, when I told her i remember her crying but not the reason that she told me about Patsy. Mom had all her records.. I bet my mom's hanging out wherever Patsy's playing in Heaven. RIP Patsy Cline and Jeanne Coan Brown.
Thanks for your comment. I was born in Norfolk and it's crazy to think about Patsy Cline singing in some of the little clubs around town before she became famous. By the way, my mother's maiden name was Brown. May your mother and Patsy both rest in peace.
Thank you, Jeanne Coan Brown, for your service to our country. May you forever Rest In Peace, but still find ways to kick up a little good trouble! Fair winds and following seas, friend ❤️
Thought I should mention that Jimmy Haney, they guy Patsy told he should go home to his wife and skip this trip and didn't get on the plane, passed away this weekend, he was 99.
Lifelong Tennessean here, thank for remembering these amazing entertainers and her manager so respectfully. There will NEVER be another Patsy Cline. Another sad footnote on this tragedy was Hawkshaw Hawkins was married to singer Jean Shepard at the time of his death and she was pregnant with their son, can you imagine how devastated she must have been?
I bet the man that was describing what he saw was traumatized for a good while after that. He described bloody flesh hanging from the trees. Had to be horrific. Roger Miller actually ran thru the woods yelling their names hoping for survivors. He saw the crash site and their bodies. He too was probably traumatized by seeing the site. All those folks were good friends along with Dottie West, Loretta Lynn, Jeannie Seely and a few others. Most all of them are dancing and singing and watching over us in heaven.
My sister and myself took my mother and her sister to the crash site several years ago and I was disappointed with the site . nothing but a small area was there at that time, I'm glad to see that someone took the time to fix it up..much respect to those who cared enough to give them the memorial they deserved.
Oh come on, most men and women of the time didn't get "traumatized". They had to much to do, without the time to sit around and analyze their feelings. Saddened, crying, effected, maybe even drunk, sure. Then went about living their lives. Yes, it was something bad that they would remember the rest of their lives. Just the other side of the coin. The good of remembering holding their child for the first time. Yes I am old enough to remember the times, and maybe we need a little bit more of Buck UP attitude today. Patsy and Loretta are the best. Just depending on my mood who's #1 and who's #2.
Her makeup compact is at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The vultures came in and grabbed her costumes and anything they could grab. Seems like the perfect weather to visit. I was 9 and cried 3 days straight.
Loved Patsy Cline, her cover of "I fall To pieces" is my favorite. The plane was a Piper-PA24 Comanche. My son is a private pilot, we go up from time to time but the plane is a Cessna 172 4 seat single engine plane. I have no idea about the instruments in a Piper but in the Cessna the instruments are common sense to me. I don't know how to fly a plane from my elbow. My son will tell me to take the yoke/control while he does some navigating. I'll glance out the windshield for other planes or obstacles but I use the instruments to keep the plane level to the horizon. It's just a line through the center and a plane. You can keep the wings and nose right on that line or the plane nose can go above the horizon, below, tilt wings left or right and so on. I keep it right on that line. Another I use is the elevation we are at and keep it there. It's paramount to know what towers, mountains, buildings and there height in the area you are flying in and try to be above them. If you use those two and the compass you can keep the plane in the air. We have been caught in snow squalls where you can't see. Period. We are still here. I'm thinking the pilot did not check the weather, did not check heights of terrain, towers, etc. Did not trust his instruments (you don't have to be instrument trained to do that) and thought to climb above the clouds too late and crashed head long into the ground of that mountain/hill. J F Kennedy Jr. did the same thing in the water. He did not look at his instruments, if he had he would know he was not level, he was losing altitude and he was nosed right into the ocean.
Yep ol Pasty literally fell to pieces upon the plane's sudden and unannounced touch down. At the crash scene, they found Patsy's body propped up by a tree. Appearing to be a crying on her pillow, against a weeping willow.
I never heard of Patsy til watching “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. I was so bummed when they got to the part of learning about the crash. Years later, I listened to her music and was blown away.
I have a lot of family in Camden,TN. My great aunt lived very close to crash site. She claims to have seen a piece of a womans hand that still had a ring on it believed to be Patsy Cline's body part. She is a very religious woman and wouldn't make things up. It still weirds her out to this day in her 90's
@@ravenbaa7989 Ok then she SAYS! I only said claims because I have no idea if its true but she really had no reason to lie. I do know she was there that day after the crash.
Scott, that larger metal piece looked like cast aluminum and I'd guess it to have a higher chance of being part of the engine more that the instrument panel. The Piper used a lot of cast to lighten the aircraft, and with it being buried the way it was in the crash, it might have leeched to the top over all this time. Spent many years working on aircraft, but this is just an observation from your excellent video. Be safe out there...
It looks like an alternator housing. You know, like when you change one out and have to adjust the belt. Former auto parts buyer here and self taught mechanic , back when I could work on them (pre-computer).
I cried my eyes out the day my 11 year old self found out Patsy had died, & I just cried my eyes out through this video. She was-and still is-my favorite female country & western singer.❤💔
God’s grace is amazing and so are your comments I cried too watching this video and I always in my heart now and until I see Jesus Christ face to face in heaven and patsy cline I still call her the forever ♾️ queen 👸 of country music I know when she went to heaven Loretta Lynn as her best friend stepped into her spotlight and sang country music and people called her queen of country taking over patsy cline place in the entertainment industry but no one ever on this earth could ever be like patsy cline god made her inside and outside so special he gave her unique personality and gifts and talents of music with such great charisma and passion and annointing on her when she sang that is why she could never stand still when she performed her beautiful body had to move as she sang with annointing and passion when she sang a beautiful love song 🎵 with her beautiful voice it makes you feel in your heart ❤️ how she felt when she sang it you cry you sing 🎤 with her music as you play it on your own 💿 cd and her up beat songs make you want to dance 💃 and sing there will never ever be another patsy god bless her and her living family and her heirs she is and always be a legend and a true inspiration to all those who love music and she will always shine ✨ as a musical icon and singer and entertainer god bless you ♾️😇🇺🇸❤️🗽👍💯✝️✡️🎤🎵👼😇🇺🇸🙏🙏
Spatial disorientation is a very common cause for small aircraft accidents when non-instrument-rated pilots fly into conditions where they lose sight of the ground. Besides the Patsy Cline and JFK Jr. crashes, it also was likely a factor in the crashes that killed Buddy Holly, Jim Reeves, and Kobe Bryant… just to name a few. The horrors of a high speed impact crash are no joke. It is likely that a lot of tissue matter (and blood) was left behind, even after the scene was cleared of bodies and debris. In some ways, the soil around the crash site is also a final resting place for the victims. It’s nice to see they have a tasteful memorial there to remember the victims.
Jim reeves wasn't on the plane with Buddy Hollie. It was the Mexican rock singer forget his name they made a movie about him and getting on that plane there was no country singers it was fifty's rock stars.
Jim reeves wasn't on the plane with Buddy Hollie. It was the Mexican rock singer forget his name they made a movie about him and getting on that plane there was no country singers it was fifty's rock stars.
@@garylowery I was referring to three different crashes: Buddy Holly (1959, with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper), Jim Reeves (1964), and Kobe Bryant (2020). All three crashes were likely caused in part by spatial disorientation.
Thank you for being respectful, and leaving the items you found, on the memorial. I hope that other visitors that go there are equally respectful, and leave them there.
Scott Randy Hughes took Airplane lessons from the same CFI(Certified Flight Instructor) as Jim Reeves. A male country singer who was well known around the same time as Patsy Cline. He died in a plane crash a year later. In similar circumstances and similar weather conditions. He was not an instrument rated pilot either. They Called Jim Reeves "Gentle Jim". He was one of my dad's favorite country singers. That crash also killed his band mate and his manager.
I remember the day I heard she was dead . I was 10 years old . I did not like Country Music or Country and Western as it was called back then . Being a 50's baby I was rock and roll all the way. Patsy was so good that she crossed over . She's been dead 60 years and is still considered one of the greatest that ever lived !
This was a well done video. I've seen other videos on this crash site bit they didn't have as much information as you did. To see those black and white photos was something else. Also, when you mentioned her watch embedded in her heart that was so sad. Thank you for going the extra mile here. Patsy was a great singer and will always be remembered.
I have been through and visited the site many times, I felt so bad that it wasn’t kept up , she was a strong woman with wow! Such a voice ,she deserves so much better
I was about 12 years old when they died. My family went to the crash site. My daddy picked up a piece of the instrument panel and brought it home. He put it in a back room we didn't use. It smelled of blood. It had hair and blood on it. The very next day, my daddy took it back to the site. He felt real weird having it in the house. Creepy.
Patsy Cline had a fabulous voice and demeanor, my parents loved her music and it always made my mother cry, very emotional woman. Lucky find for you Scott, only you could find such a treasure, ty for taking me along You heard me!🐾😎
This was SO WELL done, thank you. I am not a real country music fan, but oh how I love her voice. I can remember being at the airport in Rome, Italy. One of her songs came on, and the entire noisey airport almost became like a hush.... A tremendous talent... In my natural mind, I pause and say, gone too soon. However, God the Father has his own timing for all of us. Rest EZ yaw....
Spatial disorientation is when you lose the ability to determine your airspeed, altitude, or orientation of your airplane because of loss of vision, clouds at night, bad weather, etc. VERY dangerous situation.
she was from Winchester Virginia my home town my dad had seen her many times she’s buried in the area outside of Winchester and I’ve been in her house TY for sharing this ☃️
Very nice and respectful video Scott. Thankyou for sharing. I was only 3 months old when this terrible accident occurred. My parents were big country music fans and often listened to Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkings music. Randy Hughes should never have attempted to fly into instrument meteorological conditions under any circumstances since he was not instrument rated. It's that "get there itis" that has caused so many pilots to make really bad decisions that has killed more pilots and passengers than anything else. May they all rest in peace. I believe that curved metal piece your metal detector found is actually a piece of the nose wheel assembly from the crashed plane, which is made out of magnesium and thats why its so badly corroded. The nose wheel assembly on a Piper PA-24 Comanche is only 6 inches in diameter. The reason I know this is because I worked on Piper aircraft as an FAA licensed A&P Mechanic for over 10 years. I have replaced several nose wheel assemblies over the years and I just know what I'm looking at when it comes to aircraft parts. I agree the other piece is whats left of a coat hanger.
Yes, there is no way they were able to gather every shred of wreckage. Especially in the 60’s. I’m sure they did the best they could. Even today it’s a difficult task and things get left behind. Probably more still there, but fairly well picked by now.
I always wonder when they say "Death was instantaneous" how 'instantaneous' is it if you're the one that's dying ? Or is it a horrendous flash of intense pain, a nano second's thought "what's happening / This can't be happening ! " then you're just 'gone' ? I hope I never have to find out in such a horrible way. Life really is fleeting, and you never know when it's 'your turn' to go...Another interesting and thoughtful video, Scott. Thank you.
@@MLMLW Yeah I think of that whenever there's a plane crash. The actual physical pain of death is gone in less than a second's time. But the much longer terror of knowing you're about to horrifically die must be truly hell!
Greetings Scott. In case you have not heard, Los Angeles Coroner Ed Winter has died. He performed the autopsies on Brittany Murphy and Michael Jackson, among many other celebrities. Stay safe and well in Palm Springs.
I can only imagine the lack of respect. People just grabbing stuff for souvenirs, no regard to the fact They were human beings that died in a tragic and horrible incident. They just wanted pieces of the wreck, personal items of Patsy and all on that plane. I'm sure even after all these years some pieces are still buried in the ground. I'd been too horrified to take anything. Yes we have been there, it's much easier and safer to get there now than it was back then.i just felt a lot sad energy. Being sensitive. I was very emotional. Even though Ms Patsy Cline had been gone long before I was born I became a fan after listening to my first song. I loved her voice. Sad she passed so young.Patsy is in a category all by herself. Even today if I see a Patsy Cline CD ect. I buy it. She's one Artist I never get tired of listening too.just imagine how huge she would of been, had she not died so tradgic. Even so Patsy Cline is still Very much Loved. I have to also pay respect to the others who also lost their life so Tradgicly at the same time she did. Thank you Scott for being Respectful. 👍✌.I believe they are all at peace.🕯🦋🌠💐🙏💕🌹. Love respect and positivity always. Neita,Ace and family. ✌🕊🌻🦋🌠🙏✨💕🕯🙂👋👣. . .
I pass that road every weekday. Most of the debris was later gathered and disposed of for the junk it was. Does James {up above} want tow trucks to leave car wrecks on the side of the road too?
My Mother and Patsy were childhood friends. Patsy’s Father worked at the boiler plant at Washington & Lee university in Lexington, Virginia. I was named after Patsy’s step sister Tempy Glenn Brown. I remember Patsy visiting us, she was beautiful.
I knew they found a foot of hers in the fork of a tree, but I didn’t know her watch was embedded into her heart. That takes a tremendous amount of force to do that. I have never heard much on Hawkshaw, Cowboy Copas, or Randy Hughes. It’s sad to say but those boys must have been badly mangled.
Well done with this! I love woodland in winter and it seems to add to the sombre tone. Nice that it is obviously a place of great respect, and pilgrimage for the faithful.
Well thanks for showing the real location. In the movies they try to glamorize it and say they crashed in the mountains. Nope out by the dump in Camden, TN. I was born and raised in this city. It happened a yr before I was born.
I see that view. I also see that if people do not find these pieces, they stay in the ground and disappear from rot or deterioration. Leaving them there leaves those memories and Momentos that may have meant something to the victims lost to history.
I would hazard a guess that 10:16 Aluminium casting looks like either a wheel flange casting or a engine component as a instrument/gauge would not need to be that thick through a cross section! Great video
Was there first in 2010 and it wasn’t built up the way it is now…. Actually the path you showed at the very end was the only way down and it was treacherous to get down into the spot with the boulder. It was also raining the day I was there. I found the rain and the quiet made the mood feel extra somber and added to the strange beauty of the spot. Easily one of my favorite crash sites I’ve visited over the years. And I’ve been to a lot.
Her incredible song-Crazy, is our favourite....Didn't know of her tragic plane crash....Om Mani Padme Hum !!!! Thank you most kindly for sharing....Australia.
Noone had a voice like Patsy Cline. It's tragic that we lost her at such an early age. I can only imagine the beautiful songs that she would have done if this tragedy has not happened. May they all rest in peace.
That was Great! I played in a Country band in the mid 90's and our singer would do some of Patsy's songs like "Crazy" and ironically "I Fall To Pieces"! Drummer in Vegas...
Patsy got her start while performing at the Moose Club in Brunswick MD.a railroad town where I lived from 1978.A railroad town in Fredrick Ct MD. She married a Cline from Frederick MD. She got her start to fame when a talent scout saw her sing at the Moose Club. The rest is history.I knew several old-timers in Brunswick who knew Patsy well. She had "issues" which I won't go into but were told to me by these old timers in the town. I guess we all have problems that are destructive.Anyway she was such a wonderful singer and still is remembered for her great voice . Small planes are death traps.Audie Murphy most decorated US soldier in the Second World War was killed in a small plane on a mountain in Craig County Va.West of Roanoke. Sad.
It's amazing he found anything with that metal detector, since he barely had the coil to the ground! It's supposed to be parallel to the ground and just skimming the tops of the leaves, grass or whatever. I bet he missed some stuff.
My Dad loved Patsy Cline they released Crazy on a rerelease in Britain and it was played every where. The morning we got called to the hospital to my Dads beside my mum and me were in the cab and Crazy started playing and when my sister and brothers arrived they all said funny we were in the car or a cab and Crazy came on. We lost Dad that day 19 th April I like to think he’s up there now with Patsy singing Crazy and a few more tunes of hers as well. R I P Patsy and My Dad ❤️
Hi Scott - I continue to enjoy your channel! So cool you are wearing the "Keep on Truckin'" shirt. That character was so popular, I had a leather key ring, shirt, and belt buckle with the character on it, 1975'ish. Thanks for your work.
Today's singing stars have fancy costumes and light shows. But when I see youtubes of Patsy, she just opened her mouth and an amazing song would come out. She didn't need fancy clothes or light shows. Her voice was enough.
Wow Scott!!! Can’t believe I haven’t found your YT channel before now! I’m a long time visitor to your website, and super excited to now have access to your channel! So glad there wasn’t random clown shoes hanging out in the woods 🎉
The Tennessee State marker at the crash site is incorrect. Cline was returning from a concert Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, not Kansas City, Missouri. Her return flight originated in Kansas City, Kansas and had been delayed for at least one day due to bad weather.
Crazy that her leg was snapped like a twig and found found wedged between a tree. Also, the force it must have taken to embed her watch into her heart.
The pilot and all others aboard apparently died from his case of vertigo. It is a severe case of disorientation. He didn't know up from down or level (wings) from pitching wings. In this case, all one can do is forget feelings and trust your gages!!
Very good video of her crash site. The first time I traveled there was about 30 years ago, and the so-called memorial was just a little thing that looked like an old-time bus stop and wasn't at the actual site. Traveling on business about 10 years ago, I went up to the crash site that you found. I am glad that they gave a true memorial to this legendary performer and fellow victims.
Wow, so tragic and horrible! Good thing they never knew what happened death was Instantaneous. She was so talented and had a beautiful singing voice. Great job on this.
My mom knew Patsy before she became famous. Mom said that she would play the little clubs around Norfolk Naval Base and my mom would go over on her leave days and listen. They struck up a friendship, hanging out whenever Patsy was in town. The crash happened the day after my 6th birthday and I remember mom crying for awhile. She said that a friend was killed in a crash and it was only later, when I told her i remember her crying but not the reason that she told me about Patsy. Mom had all her records.. I bet my mom's hanging out wherever Patsy's playing in Heaven. RIP Patsy Cline and Jeanne Coan Brown.
Thanks for your comment. I was born in Norfolk and it's crazy to think about Patsy Cline singing in some of the little clubs around town before she became famous. By the way, my mother's maiden name was Brown.
May your mother and Patsy both rest in peace.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your mother and Patsy , May our mom's and Patsy RIP.
I never liked country music until I heard Patsy Cline...
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Thank you, Jeanne Coan Brown, for your service to our country. May you forever Rest In Peace, but still find ways to kick up a little good trouble! Fair winds and following seas, friend ❤️
My cousin actually owns what is known as Patsy's "Dream Home" in Nashville. Still has the old pink oven and all!
That is cool!!! Is it still an Air B&B? I love that they did that!!!
@@VintageRose75 As far as I know it's still available!
Nobody's going to believe this, but im sitting in my garage watching this, and Patsy started singing "Crazy" on the radio. 😮
Spooky.
I don’t believe you.
Means nothing
@@janedoe4316kind of like your entire existence. 🥱
@@TMoney76no one believes in you either 😅 1 subscriber says it all.
Thought I should mention that Jimmy Haney, they guy Patsy told he should go home to his wife and skip this trip and didn't get on the plane, passed away this weekend, he was 99.
Wow, Thank for the info ! One of the last living connections to Patsy Cline !
99… thanks in part to Patsy. 😌
Thank you.
RIP
How about that? Our universe is a wonderful crazy mystery.
Lifelong Tennessean here, thank for remembering these amazing entertainers and her manager so respectfully. There will NEVER be another Patsy Cline. Another sad footnote on this tragedy was Hawkshaw Hawkins was married to singer Jean Shepard at the time of his death and she was pregnant with their son, can you imagine how devastated she must have been?
I bet the man that was describing what he saw was traumatized for a good while after that. He described bloody flesh hanging from the trees. Had to be horrific. Roger Miller actually ran thru the woods yelling their names hoping for survivors. He saw the crash site and their bodies. He too was probably traumatized by seeing the site. All those folks were good friends along with Dottie West, Loretta Lynn, Jeannie Seely and a few others. Most all of them are dancing and singing and watching over us in heaven.
My sister and myself took my mother and her sister to the crash site several years ago and I was disappointed with the site . nothing but a small area was there at that time, I'm glad to see that someone took the time to fix it up..much respect to those who cared enough to give them the memorial they deserved.
@@sheilasansing5512 Dottie West and Loretta Lynn had a lot of things you see now put out there in honor of all who died on that plane.
@@Religious_man What are you smoking?
Oh come on, most men and women of the time didn't get "traumatized". They had to much to do, without the time to sit around and analyze their feelings. Saddened, crying, effected, maybe even drunk, sure. Then went about living their lives. Yes, it was something bad that they would remember the rest of their lives. Just the other side of the coin. The good of remembering holding their child for the first time. Yes I am old enough to remember the times, and maybe we need a little bit more of Buck UP attitude today.
Patsy and Loretta are the best. Just depending on my mood who's #1 and who's #2.
@@Religious_man you’re nuts
The sound of the rain is eerie and soothing at the same time
Good observation. So very true. ❤️
That's just Tennessee. Much of the time.
Her makeup compact is at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The vultures came in and grabbed her costumes and anything they could grab. Seems like the perfect weather to visit. I was 9 and cried 3 days straight.
Grew up listening to her , so did my kids, can't believe she was only 30. We lose alot of talent at a young age! Like a gift to us then gone
What an amazing voice & presence she had. And as sad as this story is, I like to imagine Patsy laughing about her vacuum cleaner being in a museum!
Loved Patsy Cline, her cover of "I fall To pieces" is my favorite. The plane was a Piper-PA24 Comanche. My son is a private pilot, we go up from time to time but the plane is a Cessna 172 4 seat single engine plane. I have no idea about the instruments in a Piper but in the Cessna the instruments are common sense to me. I don't know how to fly a plane from my elbow. My son will tell me to take the yoke/control while he does some navigating. I'll glance out the windshield for other planes or obstacles but I use the instruments to keep the plane level to the horizon. It's just a line through the center and a plane. You can keep the wings and nose right on that line or the plane nose can go above the horizon, below, tilt wings left or right and so on. I keep it right on that line. Another I use is the elevation we are at and keep it there. It's paramount to know what towers, mountains, buildings and there height in the area you are flying in and try to be above them. If you use those two and the compass you can keep the plane in the air. We have been caught in snow squalls where you can't see. Period. We are still here. I'm thinking the pilot did not check the weather, did not check heights of terrain, towers, etc. Did not trust his instruments (you don't have to be instrument trained to do that) and thought to climb above the clouds too late and crashed head long into the ground of that mountain/hill. J F Kennedy Jr. did the same thing in the water. He did not look at his instruments, if he had he would know he was not level, he was losing altitude and he was nosed right into the ocean.
Yep ol Pasty literally fell to pieces upon the plane's sudden and unannounced touch down. At the crash scene, they found Patsy's body propped up by a tree. Appearing to be a crying on her pillow, against a weeping willow.
My grandma and Patsy were cousins. I never heard what really happened. Thank you. 😢
I never heard of Patsy til watching “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. I was so bummed when they got to the part of learning about the crash. Years later, I listened to her music and was blown away.
I have a lot of family in Camden,TN. My great aunt lived very close to crash site. She claims to have seen a piece of a womans hand that still had a ring on it believed to be Patsy Cline's body part. She is a very religious woman and wouldn't make things up. It still weirds her out to this day in her 90's
Omg how awful 😢 Patsy's son told me that he was told a scavenger ran off with a cowboy boot with a foot in it. 😑
@@ravenbaa7989 Ok then she SAYS! I only said claims because I have no idea if its true but she really had no reason to lie. I do know she was there that day after the crash.
Scott, that larger metal piece looked like cast aluminum and I'd guess it to have a higher chance of being part of the engine more that the instrument panel. The Piper used a lot of cast to lighten the aircraft, and with it being buried the way it was in the crash, it might have leeched to the top over all this time. Spent many years working on aircraft, but this is just an observation from your excellent video. Be safe out there...
It looks like an alternator housing. You know, like when you change one out and have to adjust the belt. Former auto parts buyer here and self taught mechanic , back when I could work on them (pre-computer).
@@negativeindustrialThe real myth is largely that the newer computer system controlled vehicles are now easier to work on. That's the real myth.
I cried my eyes out the day my 11 year old self found out Patsy had died, & I just cried my eyes out through this video. She was-and still is-my favorite female country & western singer.❤💔
God’s grace is amazing and so are your comments I cried too watching this video and I always in my heart now and until I see Jesus Christ face to face in heaven and patsy cline I still call her the forever ♾️ queen 👸 of country music I know when she went to heaven Loretta Lynn as her best friend stepped into her spotlight and sang country music and people called her queen of country taking over patsy cline place in the entertainment industry but no one ever on this earth could ever be like patsy cline god made her inside and outside so special he gave her unique personality and gifts and talents of music with such great charisma and passion and annointing on her when she sang that is why she could never stand still when she performed her beautiful body had to move as she sang with annointing and passion when she sang a beautiful love song 🎵 with her beautiful voice it makes you feel in your heart ❤️ how she felt when she sang it you cry you sing 🎤 with her music as you play it on your own 💿 cd and her up beat songs make you want to dance 💃 and sing there will never ever be another patsy god bless her and her living family and her heirs she is and always be a legend and a true inspiration to all those who love music and she will always shine ✨ as a musical icon and singer and entertainer god bless you ♾️😇🇺🇸❤️🗽👍💯✝️✡️🎤🎵👼😇🇺🇸🙏🙏
@@warriorgirl8118 Amen!! She was something neither Loretta nor any other country singing queen was: the first!!
My dad loved Patsy Cline. He played her music when I was growing up. I liked her music. My dad is gone now. I really miss him.
Poor Patsy! Having her foot torn off and stuck in a tree. Her own watch imbedded into her heart. How horrific!
Why not describe it? This man did, too.
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@@nelliesmith9730 He is just repeating it, so what!
Spatial disorientation is a very common cause for small aircraft accidents when non-instrument-rated pilots fly into conditions where they lose sight of the ground. Besides the Patsy Cline and JFK Jr. crashes, it also was likely a factor in the crashes that killed Buddy Holly, Jim Reeves, and Kobe Bryant… just to name a few.
The horrors of a high speed impact crash are no joke. It is likely that a lot of tissue matter (and blood) was left behind, even after the scene was cleared of bodies and debris. In some ways, the soil around the crash site is also a final resting place for the victims. It’s nice to see they have a tasteful memorial there to remember the victims.
Jim reeves wasn't on the plane with Buddy Hollie. It was the Mexican rock singer forget his name they made a movie about him and getting on that plane there was no country singers it was fifty's rock stars.
Jim reeves wasn't on the plane with Buddy Hollie. It was the Mexican rock singer forget his name they made a movie about him and getting on that plane there was no country singers it was fifty's rock stars.
@@garylowery I was referring to three different crashes: Buddy Holly (1959, with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper), Jim Reeves (1964), and Kobe Bryant (2020). All three crashes were likely caused in part by spatial disorientation.
@@garyloweryyou mean Ritchie Valens? Have some respect
Thank you for being respectful, and leaving the items you found, on the memorial. I hope that other visitors that go there are equally respectful, and leave them there.
Scott Randy Hughes took Airplane lessons from the same CFI(Certified Flight Instructor) as Jim Reeves. A male country singer who was well known around the same time as Patsy Cline. He died in a plane crash a year later. In similar circumstances and similar weather conditions. He was not an instrument rated pilot either. They Called Jim Reeves "Gentle Jim". He was one of my dad's favorite country singers. That crash also killed his band mate and his manager.
I remember the day I heard she was dead . I was 10 years old . I did not like Country Music or Country and Western as it was called back then . Being a 50's baby I was rock and roll all the way. Patsy was so good that she crossed over . She's been dead 60 years and is still considered one of the greatest that ever lived !
This was a well done video. I've seen other videos on this crash site bit they didn't have as much information as you did. To see those black and white photos was something else. Also, when you mentioned her watch embedded in her heart that was so sad. Thank you for going the extra mile here. Patsy was a great singer and will always be remembered.
I have been through and visited the site many times, I felt so bad that it wasn’t kept up , she was a strong woman with wow! Such a voice ,she deserves so much better
I was about 12 years old when they died. My family went to the crash site. My daddy picked up a piece of the instrument panel and brought it home. He put it in a back room we didn't use. It smelled of blood. It had hair and blood on it. The very next day, my daddy took it back to the site. He felt real weird having it in the house. Creepy.
I live in Kansas City, and frequently drive by the airport where she took off from that day. I always think of her when I drive by it :(
Patsy Cline had a fabulous voice and demeanor, my parents loved her music and it always made my mother cry, very emotional woman. Lucky find for you Scott, only you could find such a treasure, ty for taking me along You heard me!🐾😎
This was SO WELL done, thank you. I am not a real country music fan, but oh how I love her voice. I can remember being at the airport in Rome, Italy. One of her songs came on, and the entire noisey airport almost became like a hush.... A tremendous talent... In my natural mind, I pause and say, gone too soon. However, God the Father has his own timing for all of us. Rest EZ yaw....
Spatial disorientation is when you lose the ability to determine your airspeed, altitude, or orientation of your airplane because of loss of vision, clouds at night, bad weather, etc. VERY dangerous situation.
she was from Winchester Virginia my home town my dad had seen her many times she’s buried in the area outside of Winchester and I’ve been in her house TY for sharing this ☃️
Very nice and respectful video Scott. Thankyou for sharing. I was only 3 months old when this terrible accident occurred. My parents were big country music fans and often listened to Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkings music. Randy Hughes should never have attempted to fly into instrument meteorological conditions under any circumstances since he was not instrument rated. It's that "get there itis" that has caused so many pilots to make really bad decisions that has killed more pilots and passengers than anything else. May they all rest in peace. I believe that curved metal piece your metal detector found is actually a piece of the nose wheel assembly from the crashed plane, which is made out of magnesium and thats why its so badly corroded. The nose wheel assembly on a Piper PA-24 Comanche is only 6 inches in diameter. The reason I know this is because I worked on Piper aircraft as an FAA licensed A&P Mechanic for over 10 years. I have replaced several nose wheel assemblies over the years and I just know what I'm looking at when it comes to aircraft parts. I agree the other piece is whats left of a coat hanger.
Yes, there is no way they were able to gather every shred of wreckage. Especially in the 60’s. I’m sure they did the best they could. Even today it’s a difficult task and things get left behind. Probably more still there, but fairly well picked by now.
I always wonder when they say "Death was instantaneous" how 'instantaneous' is it if you're the one that's dying ? Or is it a horrendous flash of intense pain, a nano second's thought "what's happening / This can't be happening ! " then you're just 'gone' ? I hope I never have to find out in such a horrible way. Life really is fleeting, and you never know when it's 'your turn' to go...Another interesting and thoughtful video, Scott. Thank you.
It's the part before their death that must be scary for them, being in a plane that's going to crash and knowing you're going to die must be horrible!
@@MLMLW Yeah I think of that whenever there's a plane crash. The actual physical pain of death is gone in less than a second's time. But the much longer terror of knowing you're about to horrifically die must be truly hell!
Interesting and graphic video. I'm so shook up over her watch being found in her heart! I've always wanted to go metal detecting at that crash site.
So sad she wss a great singer.when i was in nashville studios and in memphis everyone said i look like her.oh my goodness.what an honor to hear.❤
Greetings Scott. In case you have not heard, Los Angeles Coroner Ed Winter has died. He performed the autopsies on Brittany Murphy and Michael Jackson, among many other celebrities. Stay safe and well in Palm Springs.
the watch was embedded into her heart = walking after midnight ! came smashing into my mind when i heard that ! WOW .
I will never understand how anyone can talk about seeing body parts everywhere with a complete lack of emotion, celebrity or not.
I can only imagine the lack of respect. People just grabbing stuff for souvenirs, no regard to the fact
They were human beings that died in a tragic and horrible incident. They just wanted pieces of the wreck, personal items of Patsy and all on that plane. I'm sure even after all these years some pieces are still buried in the ground. I'd been too horrified to take anything. Yes we have been there, it's much easier and safer to get there now than it was back then.i just felt a lot sad energy. Being sensitive. I was very emotional. Even though Ms Patsy Cline had been gone long before I was born
I became a fan after listening to my first song. I loved her voice. Sad she passed so young.Patsy is in a category all by herself. Even today if I see a Patsy Cline CD ect. I buy it. She's one Artist I never get tired of listening too.just imagine how huge she would of been, had she not died so tradgic. Even so Patsy Cline is still Very much Loved. I have to also pay respect to the others who also lost their life so Tradgicly at the same time she did. Thank you Scott for being Respectful. 👍✌.I believe they are all at peace.🕯🦋🌠💐🙏💕🌹. Love respect and positivity always. Neita,Ace and family. ✌🕊🌻🦋🌠🙏✨💕🕯🙂👋👣.
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You would have to close down every history museum in the world.
I pass that road every weekday. Most of the debris was later gathered and disposed of for the junk it was. Does James {up above} want tow trucks to leave car wrecks on the side of the road too?
Thank you for this upload. She had such a beautiful voice. Soo sad how her life ended.
I never know it was so horrific.
Awful. Something tells me that if the coroner found her watch in her heart, she was more than likely preparing for a crash landing 😢
Or Praying 🙏
Indeed yes!
that was a matter of sheer force, probably. The chances are that except for the pilot, they knew nothing before they crashed.
I love how you present your videos, Scott! Always so cool and interesting! :)
My Mother and Patsy were childhood friends. Patsy’s Father worked at the boiler plant at Washington & Lee university in Lexington, Virginia. I was named after Patsy’s step sister Tempy Glenn Brown. I remember Patsy visiting us, she was beautiful.
'Filter Queen' vacuum. I love it too Scott😁
Yup! My mom had one!
I knew they found a foot of hers in the fork of a tree, but I didn’t know her watch was embedded into her heart. That takes a tremendous amount of force to do that. I have never heard much on Hawkshaw, Cowboy Copas, or Randy Hughes. It’s sad to say but those boys must have been badly mangled.
So much so that I've always wondered if they ever got them all in the right casket or did a little bit of all three of them just get out in caskets.
Well done with this! I love woodland in winter and it seems to add to the sombre tone. Nice that it is obviously a place of great respect, and pilgrimage for the faithful.
Well thanks for showing the real location. In the movies they try to glamorize it and say they crashed in the mountains. Nope out by the dump in Camden, TN. I was born and raised in this city. It happened a yr before I was born.
This hallowed ground is like a cemetery to me, not a place to bring a metal-detector!
I see that view. I also see that if people do not find these pieces, they stay in the ground and disappear from rot or deterioration. Leaving them there leaves those memories and Momentos that may have meant something to the victims lost to history.
I would hazard a guess that 10:16 Aluminium casting looks like either a wheel flange casting or a engine component as a instrument/gauge would not need to be that thick through a cross section! Great video
Was there first in 2010 and it wasn’t built up the way it is now…. Actually the path you showed at the very end was the only way down and it was treacherous to get down into the spot with the boulder. It was also raining the day I was there. I found the rain and the quiet made the mood feel extra somber and added to the strange beauty of the spot. Easily one of my favorite crash sites I’ve visited over the years. And I’ve been to a lot.
Her incredible song-Crazy, is our favourite....Didn't know of her tragic plane crash....Om Mani Padme Hum !!!! Thank you most kindly for sharing....Australia.
Noone had a voice like Patsy Cline. It's tragic that we lost her at such an early age. I can only imagine the beautiful songs that she would have done if this tragedy has not happened. May they all rest in peace.
Loved the information, footage and pictures used in the video. Found it very interesting and enjoyed seeing the crash/memorial site. Great content 👌.
You Seem Like Such A Kind Person. Thank You For The Info. I Loved Her and Her Musical Talents
Poor Patsy, God Bless Her Soul! Thank you Very Much for this, Sir!!
That was Great! I played in a Country band in the mid 90's and our singer would do some of Patsy's songs like "Crazy" and ironically "I Fall To Pieces"! Drummer in Vegas...
Glad to have found you on YT. I followed you in the early days on your first website. Always interesting stories of famous history,
Time is like a clock in my heart.. (boy George) R.I.P Patsy
I was very recently thinking about Patsy. Just a random thought popped up. Then of course I had to listen to her music. Very sad.
I'm a huge fan of Patsy Cline and this is so depressing. Such a talented young woman and mother. How heartbreaking.
Rest in peace beautiful woman , we miss you ..🙏
Thanks for sharing your information of this tragedy. God Bless all who lost their lives on that day. 🙏🏻 RIP. Subscribed
Love your t-shirt, Scott! It takes me back to my school days.
Interesting. PC researcher here and I learned some thinks. Thank you.
Patsy got her start while performing at the Moose Club in Brunswick MD.a railroad town where I lived from 1978.A railroad town in Fredrick Ct MD. She married a Cline from Frederick MD. She got her start to fame when a talent scout saw her sing at the Moose Club. The rest is history.I knew several old-timers in Brunswick who knew Patsy well. She had "issues" which I won't go into but were told to me by these old timers in the town. I guess we all have problems that are destructive.Anyway she was such a wonderful singer and still is remembered for her great voice . Small planes are death traps.Audie Murphy most decorated US soldier in the Second World War was killed in a small plane on a mountain in Craig County Va.West of Roanoke. Sad.
It's amazing he found anything with that metal detector, since he barely had the coil to the ground! It's supposed to be parallel to the ground and just skimming the tops of the leaves, grass or whatever. I bet he missed some stuff.
Another fun fact..Willie Nelson wrote songs for Patsy Cline
Willie wrote Crazy
My Dad loved Patsy Cline they released Crazy on a rerelease in Britain and it was played every where. The morning we got called to the hospital to my Dads beside my mum and me were in the cab and Crazy started playing and when my sister and brothers arrived they all said funny we were in the car or a cab and Crazy came on. We lost Dad that day 19 th April I like to think he’s up there now with Patsy singing Crazy and a few more tunes of hers as well.
R I P Patsy and My Dad ❤️
Scott, Jordan AKA Jordan The Lion , posted these very same items on his channel awhile back.
We're you two together on this trip?
Great video!
No, Jordan went at a totally separate time. Maybe it was when he did a video about my museum.
Lucky the locals didn't catch you digging around out there.
na, just a place now for them and younger cell phone types don't care
Thank you for the great video about Patsy Cline, she was truly a legend. Love the Keep On Trucking shirt, I had one too. ❤
Hi Scott -
I continue to enjoy your channel! So cool you are wearing the "Keep on Truckin'" shirt. That character was so popular, I had a leather key ring, shirt, and belt buckle with the character on it, 1975'ish. Thanks for your work.
My most requested song when I used to sing was 'I fall to pieces ' I still play her records.
Patsy Cline has always been a favorite of mine, even though she was well before my time..may she rest in peace..
Thank you for posting this. It is fitting they have such a quiet resting place after all these years - similar to Audie Murphy's spot in Virginia.
I loved Patsy Cline voice and songs, thought I lived in a different continent. It was tragic the world lost her that soon in her life!😢
Very interesting video. My mother was a fan of Patsy Cline. I remember hearing her records growing up.
Such a tragedy. Thank you for sharing. RIP Patsy & company.
What a horrific ending for this great musicians. No one deserves to die so violently!
Today's singing stars have fancy costumes and light shows. But when I see youtubes of Patsy, she just opened her mouth and an amazing song would come out. She didn't need fancy clothes or light shows. Her voice was enough.
Wow Scott!!! Can’t believe I haven’t found your YT channel before now! I’m a long time visitor to your website, and super excited to now have access to your channel! So glad there wasn’t random clown shoes hanging out in the woods 🎉
The Tennessee State marker at the crash site is incorrect. Cline was returning from a concert Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, not Kansas City, Missouri. Her return flight originated in Kansas City, Kansas and had been delayed for at least one day due to bad weather.
Crazy that her leg was snapped like a twig and found found wedged between a tree.
Also, the force it must have taken to embed her watch into her heart.
Randy Hughes was Cowboy Copas' son in law, Patsy Cline's road manager and Randy did recordings on King Records
Just like JFKjr. I think flying licenses shouldn't be given until people are instument rated. Neither pilot had any business flying.
The 1959 plane crash with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J P Richardson was also horrific. I wish I had the power to prevent it.
Does not matter who you are, the rules of the universe are the same for us all in the end, both the gifted and un-gifted.
The pilot and all others aboard apparently died from his case of vertigo. It is a severe case of disorientation. He didn't know up from down or level (wings) from pitching wings. In this case, all one can do is forget feelings and trust your gages!!
Thank you for sharing all this information with us.
Metal detecting what is essentially a grave site is so beyond the pale.
Essentially… but it’s not.
This was very interesting and informative thanks for sharing it enjoyed watching plus learning about it too.
Wow never knew anything about her death till now. Thanks for sharing very sad though off to listen to her music now to bring back the happy
Very good video of her crash site. The first time I traveled there was about 30 years ago, and the so-called memorial was just a little thing that looked like an old-time bus stop and wasn't at the actual site. Traveling on business about 10 years ago, I went up to the crash site that you found. I am glad that they gave a true memorial to this legendary performer and fellow victims.
She was a very talented woman ! I enjoy her music - Still to this day .
Wow, so tragic and horrible! Good thing they never knew what happened death was Instantaneous. She was so talented and had a beautiful singing voice. Great job on this.
I felt like every of your step up that hill was pushing through an eerie thickness of Air... I could feel the intensity as we moved upwards.😐
That is amazing ! Have you gone back and found anything else?! I am friends with Hawkshaw Hawkins Junior.
May they all RIP God Bless them
Perfect metal detecting weather