Rick Nelson Plane Crash Story
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- Rick (Eric Hilliard) Nelson was an American musician and actor. He starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Rick had a long and successful career as a successful recording artist. On December 31, 1985, Rick Nelson died when his Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashed outside De Kalb, Texas. Seven people were killed in the crash. This video tour discusses Rick's career, his final days and the crash.
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A bit of audio ended up missing about Red Skelton. The connection to Red Skelton is the Nelsons, moved to Hollywood in 1941 so that Ozzie could take the job of bandleader for Red Skelton's radio program. In 1944 when Red Skelton left the radio show, Ozzie and Harriet were offered the radio program.
The video mentioned regarding Love Field and JFK is here: th-cam.com/video/4VtnpVZnWyE/w-d-xo.html
A 10 pilot
I wondered why the photos of Red Skelton, thanks for the update! Very sad ending for Ricky Nelson and his band and fiancé.
What a bunch of crybabies.....
Translate to english or do another bong
Very much enjoy Ricky Nelson’s songs even today. A Great Entertainer.
Man this video sure makes me sad. I saw Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon band live in concert about a year before the crash. It was a real memorable show. Needless to say I was shocked and saddened when I heard the terrible news. To this day I feel the loss. He was a fine singer, songwriter, performer, and family man.
I remember that New Year’s Eve crash. Every New Years I say a prayer for him ever since.
My late friend, Parley Baer, played Darby the next-door neighbor, when the Nelsons first moved to TV. He had the role for 6 years, and his and the Nelson's families became fast friends. Parley's wife, circus star Ernestine Clarke Baer, taught David and Ricky the flying trapeze act, with David catching and Ricky flying. I did not know the Nelsons, but was Parley's caregiver for his final 14 months. Good memories for a long story.
He was on so many old time radio shows!
*RIP Ricky and Band*
Very well-done video. Thank you.
They were called the Stone Canyon Band. A great little collection of players.
Plane was known for bad! Oil leaks!! And was dangerous!!!!,.....
RIP
Ricky Nelson
(1940-1985)
Helen Blair
(1957-1985)
Donald C. Russell
(1947-1985)
Andy Chapin
(1952-1985)
Rick Intveld
(1963-1985)
Bobby Neal
(1947-1985)
and
Patrick Woodward
(1948-1985)
Cabin heaters need periodic maintenance. Unfortunately some heaters like the Janitrol S-200 found on the DC-3 has no mandatory requirements per an A.D or service bulletin. Even today the only requirement is basic maintenance per the Janitrol manual with no pressure testing of the heater combustion tube.
Nice family. I grew up watching them on tv when I moved here from Puerto Rico. My English improved watching them. Miss those years of innocence and family gatherings to watch The Ozzy and Harriett show.
I don’t want hear about Ozzie and Harriet
That’s so funny I moved to Puerto Rico and now I’m a drug addict… isn’t life ironic? 😢
Great video and content and story. I grew up listening to Ricky.
Rick and especially Garden Party was iconic for anyone alive in the 1970s.
@@DudeTours I and a few of my friends were at the hotel waiting for them to show up,,,,,, it was heart breaking RIP folks!
The algorithm introduced me to your videos recently. I've got to say, some grade A content! Very well thought out and researched subjects, very clear, and articulate speaking voice, and good video editing. Keep up the good work, my friend!
Thanks for watching, we appreciate the support.
Been waiting for you to do another one, thank you!
Thanks for watching, and we are working on more Dude Tours.
@DudeTours thank you for the virtual guided tour video! Absolutely fantastic video! 👏
Good to see you back DT!
Was busy with a move for a few months, but should be back regularly now. Thanks for watching.
The plane that crashed, was owned by Jerry Lee Lewis, before being sold to Ricky Nelson. Something that is seldom mentioned.
My heart broke for his kids. This was very insightful. Thank you. ❤ 🙏
DeKalb, Texas, coincidentally, is also known as being the hometown of Dan Blocker, the gentle giant who was "Hoss Cartwright" on Bonanza. Dan Blocker also died too young, stemming from Complications from a routine surgery. He died after the 13th season, and 14 was cut short.
I was on a video not long ago where one of the first police officers to reach the Nelson site had commented. We exchanged comments, as I was an officer for 17 years. He explained that when he arrived, the wreckage was fully engulfed and he couldn't get to it. There is no worse feeling in the world than knowing people are dying but you can't reach them due to fire. That happened to me once, and i listened as a man burn to death while i could see fire trucks coming down the road. I feel bad for the DeKalb officer as i can relate.
The reports of technical problems alarming passengers before the crash sounds similar to the Skynrd crash.
Another informative video. Thanks!
Loved Ozzie and Harriet and of course Rick
Hard to believe how simple shows were like Ozzie and Harriet, yet so successful. Times have changed. The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy some classics during that time.
I highly recommend Ricky Nelson’s twin son’s show, “Ricky Nelson Remembered”. My twin daughters and I have seen it many times. It’s more beautiful than can be put into words.
Also, check out their Nelson Christmas show (Christmas With the Nelsons), which tributes Ozzie and Harriet, as well. It’s put together in an eclectic storyline way with the music, as well as thoughtful vintage video clips. Then, Matthew and Gunner also sing beautiful Christmas songs, tethered throughout the show.
I loved Ricky Nelson very much and was glad at his resurgence at the time. I was sad when I heard the news, I was only 12 years old at the time.
Ozzie and Harriet was very popular year's year's ago. David and Ricky were both quite handsome. One of Rick's latest hits was Garden Party.
1971 or 1972 I believe, it was a different style for little Ricky.
A large piece of the tail section of the DC3 can be found in The Williams House Museum in De Kalb, Texas.
Great video. I grew up listening to Rick's music
Would you please do a video of Stevie Ray Vaghn's crash?
I second this ^
Been on my list for a while, I will make this the next one. Thanks for watching!
@@DudeTours also, Buddy Holly / Ritchie Valens (if you haven’t already)
Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) story is here th-cam.com/video/KPnZkDQll-o/w-d-xo.html
@@DudeTours my man! Thank you.
excellent
I very much enjoyed your story on Rick Nelson. Very sad.
Welcome Back. I missed you. ❤❤❤❤❤
Was busy moving. Prepping a house to list, sell, buy, move etc. Never fun moving, but settled in now and working on more videos. Thanks for watching.
I remember that New Years Eve like it was yesterday, December 31, 1985. I was visiting my in-laws in Florida that week and the television show that was on the TV was interrupted with the news. Such sad news. I was too young to be an early fan of his but I watched The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
I believe the pilots didn't follow FFA protocol, this multiplied the problem. Very good presentation of this event. Good job.
thx for video very informative
SO MANY BRILLIANT MUSICIANS HAVE DIED IN PLANE CRASHES OVER THE YEARS...BUDDY HOLLY...RICHIE VALENS...THE BIG BOPPER..JIM CROCE...JOHN DENVER...LYNARRD SKINYRD...PATSY CLINE...RICKY NELSON...ALLIA
And Randy Rhoads.
Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, pilot and co-pilot died in Plane crash in Louisiana. Jim Croce also died in plane crash in Louisiana.
Jim Reeves, John Denver.
Very well done. I have subscribed.
I always wonder if there was foul play when prominent people die in plane crashes.
The biggest reason they die is they fly all the time maybe 3 or 4 days a week. And there flying smaller planes and taking risk the airlines don't take. And don't have the back up systems as larger planes, or jets have,,
Enjoyed his songs, voice and show.
This plane looks like Puff the Magic Dragon gunship, my dad told me about. He seen it rain down steel during his two tours of Duty in Vietnam.
Those were indeed AC-47s the military version of the DC-3.
The same plane that dropped paratroopers in France during D Day.@@DudeTours
Was also the type plane Carole Lombard as on when had her fatal crash SSW of Las Vegas January 1942.
Ricky was one of my favorites as I was growing up I was born in 1940 so I was in my mid 20s early 30s while his band was going on and I enjoyed his music more than anybodys ,even more than the Beatles because he had a laid-back style ..he was good looking and great had great hair…which I don’t have …I loved his music so sorry that his wife and all the band members were cut down somearly in jive… but I’m sure the good Lord has him playing up there right now …no doubt about it ..God bless the memory of Ricky ……. Play him almost every single day on my iPad no matter where I’m at….Jay Hoyle Bryant Arkansas
A little known fact, the crash site i about a mile from the Woodman cemetery where DeKalb native Dan Blocker - TV's Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza is buried.
Don't know if you all knew but Mark Harmon of the NCIS series was Rick Nelson's brother-in-law. Rick married Kristen Harmon, Mark's older sister. Also of note, their father, Tom was a Heissman trophy winner playing for the U of Michigan. He went on to play FB for the Rams. Quite an illustrious family. Oh almost forgot...Rick and Kris' twin sons had some success performing in a band "Nelson" They were very talented in their own right.
I was on my way to my gig when I heard about the accident. I started praying and hoping my former friend and Road Manager/Soundman Clark Russell for The Ronnie Laws Band was not on board. On my way home I got the Sunday morning paper. The front page it was the headline and as I read I saw Clark's name and I broke down. The following day I had to go to SIR Studio Rentals and all the staff were mourning for Clark. I miss my friend and one of the best friends I've ever had...RIP ALL
Buffalo airways in Yellowknife NWT Canada has a DC-3 aircraft and it still flys today
Never get on a plane over 60 years old.
Great vid. Rick was here in Guntersville his final night playing in friend Pat Uptons club, PJ's Alley i think it was called. Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis had previously owned the plane & having all kinds of mechanical problems claimed NO amount of "love nor money" could get him to ever ride on it again. (Don't know if that's who Nelson bought it from).
So many of these crashes happen even though the passengers say they didn't feel safe. Same deal with Lynyrd Skynyrd. So why get on the plane? I get that you want to keep your job, but is your life worth it?
It’s funny the things that were such big news stories get forgotten after so many years. This was a tragic event but I guess it didn’t reach the level of “you will always remember when and where you were” type of events. A great artist. Loved the video really like that you landed the plane instead of the whole crash thing, no need repeating that terrible event.
He was so cool. What a drag.... Its up to us cause he did everything he could. What a nice person.
Randy Meisner was a member of the Stone Canyon Band from 1968-1970 before becoming a founder of Eagles. Ricky was sadly overlooked in the final years of his life.
I flew several news agency's to the site that day, was working for Ward helicopters out of Vivian LA. at the time. Not much left of the aircraft after the fire.
Rick will be remembered as a super person. It is very sad what happened to all.
I tell you with these people's luck never get on a plane with them or go to Vegas with them.
Why do so many American planes crash with famous singers on board????.
Simple odds. Celebrities fly so much more. That and probably the pressure to get to a destination leads to unwise unsafe decisions. Like the Kobe Bryant crash.
I remember I was celebrating that News Years Eve when it was announced Rick had been killed in this plane crash. It was a bummer for everyone but it made us all remember where we were when we heard the news. Back then you didn't get instand news.
My Pop told me that some of the DC3’s and C47’s tail sections were made out of magnesium. I wonder if this was one of them.
Wow, what a fine report.
Wonderful video, thanks so much. RIP Rick and the other victims.
didnt really follow Ricky growing up in 80's but was a huge John Wayne fan ... luv'd Rick in Rio Bravo as "Colorado", thought he he was awesomely smooth in the movie and teamed up with Dean Martin for some awesome singing bits.
Splendid video
Good video but I wish you would leave the meters out of it and stick with using feet.
Very interesting, I didn't know this singer, very sad end for a beaufitul voice. Tks Luisa (Paris)
i loved ricky nelson and so sorry for his family because things did not work out for the family the way we would have liked it to.
Guntersville is where I was born. I always have been sad about his death and the others on that plane.
He was in Guntersville doing some performances for a friend who owned a nightclub there.
Excellent !!!!!😊🇬🇧
I saw him at Liberty Lunch ….in Austin, TX. One of his last performances.
why the pics of red skeleton?.......i have the cd of rick's greatest hits and it always puts me in a good mood....i was born in 1951 and grew up listening to his stuff as ricky and rick....very positive music.....
just read the explanation of red in this
A very sad ending... The speaker did well with a very difficult historic story. Sounds like they couldn't get the door open to escape the cabin. Perhaps no trained attendant and the 2 pilots crawled out the front window and didn't assist with the passengers getting out of the plane. They survived but had to live with that guilt for rest of their lives. It's better to die a hero than to live as a coward. I have tears in my eyes...😢
Gone too soon his music lives on
As an A&P mechanic and worked on aircraft in the DFW at the time of that crash. Not a rumor.
I had no idea that the plane once belonged to Jerry Lee. I bet he had something memorable to say when he heard it was the plane involved in this tragedy.
Just how's the DC-3 chartered aircraft when Rick Nelson actually owned the airplane...?
Leave the guy rest in peace for gosh sakes he good guy his whole family was good a great I enjoyed watching his show with the Nelson
14:27 "He was accustomed to using a Learjet, but in May of 1985 he upgraded to a 14 seat Douglas DC-3 which was built in 1944"
In no way, shape or form could a DC-3 be considered an upgrade over a Learjet.
Lower operating costs
Chuck.. yeal I shook my head at that one also. unless he ment gliding distance?
Additionally, extra seating capacity and way more cabin and luggage room . Also, perhaps the route segments travelled at that point in his career were better served by this type aircraft than a jet which is shockingly inefficient at lower altitude and short legs.
Holy Mandela Effect. I remember his plane crashing in 1985, but the news report I saw on television said that Ricky Nelson was piloting his single-engine Cessna (much like the one in an episode of the 70's TV series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries: episode, "The Flickering Torch Mystery", which Ricky Nelson stars in) when he crashed into the Concord Mall in Concord, California. It never mentioned anyone else on board. I never heard of it being a DC3 with fellow band members on board, or of it crashing in Texas. So weird.
I was in 6th grade when Ricky Nelson, the Everly Brothers and all that great music was popular. In high school at lunch if it was nasty outside there would be dancing in the gym. I don’t know how old I was but when I’d watch senior Debbie Barrett dancing I almost had an accident.
I left the Dallas / Fort Worth airport just hours before his plane crashed
Well done, very informative. Thanks! …and I’m Agreeing with several other commenters, Rick Nelson has never gotten the respect he deserves (although thankfully a RRHOF induction.)
Should of mentioned his song Gypsy Pilot with the plane crash at the end of it. It was like he wrote about his own death.
R.I.P Ricky Nelson #Legendary
What's really weird is that there's an episode on the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, where someone tries killing Ricky Nelson's character that he played on that episode, by having his plane crash. This was back in 1976 or 77... Weird coincidence.... oh by the way his character is saved in the nick of time.
excellent 5 stars !!!!!!!
I got the movie Rio Bravo and it was said he was a big fan of Elvis,I wonder if he ever met the King.Anyway I was only 20 when he passed RIP sir🙏🏼
I lived in Guntersville at the time passing the airport and seeing the plane, the plane got delayed because of a leak. Ricky played at a downtown club.
Rest in peace ricky and band
And his girlfriend
Such a trajedy! I used to love watching the TV show when I was a kid. Though Jerry Lee Lewis, the man who sold Rick the plane, didn't have a hit song that foretold the crash, the title of the song makes me a little nervous. "Great balls of fire".
will you do video on jim tweto plane crash on flying wild alaska fame
Thanks for watching and we will look into that story.
Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance.
The plural of aircraft is “aircraft”. No S. Don’t let the You Tube titles Aircrafts and Watercrafts fool you.
REVILE you, not RECEIVE you. That one word, revile, makes all the difference.
The B-29 had the same problem with the heater
I remember Rick death sad news
🎵 I'm a travelin' man...🎶
Love it
Love from Marylou & Banjo
I met Rick at his Gig in Billings, Mt.1979. I perform his songs
Love from, BanjobennyGeneJackman
I really wish those making statements/ videos about this incident actually used the correct terminology! Rick Nelson and the others that died, did NOT die in a 'CRASH' That aircraft made a FORCED LANDING. The airplane was largely intact and landed on its gear. The cabin heater, and its malfunction, starting a fire, is what killed them. The pilots escaped through the cabin windows on an escape ladder. The opening of those windows fueled the fire that consumed the airframe.
READ THE NTSB REPORT. Here is a statement from it. NTSB chairman Jim Burnett said that although the plane was filled with smoke, it landed and came to a stop before it was swallowed by flames.
The creators' use of the word 'aircrafts' is a big grammatical error, too. The proper word for multiple vehicles that take to the skies would be 'aircraft.' This simple error drives me crazy!
Bigbass,,,,,,,,, What about the trees it hit?
@@billythekid3234 The trees did not destroy the airplane. Reports vary, it has been said the airplane made a forced landing, not a crash landing. The pilots were said to have opened the cockpit windows, and climbed out with escape ladders to the ground- implying the cockpit was above ground, and intact. The opening of those windows allowed air to be sucked into the cabin, and that exacerbated the fire. Regardless, it was a horrible tragedy.
I was lucky to see Ricky and Fats Domino at a small club. That would have been sometime in the mid 80s.
This narrative is taken word for word right from Wikipedia.
Bobby Neal was my father
Most of them used twin prop planes transportation, just don’t know why not use these damn devices called parachute, heck I sure would have one just in case
For people not instructed on how to use the……Riiiiiiight
He was so cool. What a drag.... Its up to us cause he did everything he could. What a nice person. He did go to that garden party in the sky.... What a bum deal. I really have nothing but admiration for him
The world loves and misses America's son. Blessings.
I was so in love with him as a young girl.
You should hear his daughters story of his death, Creepy.