I read this in another posting about La Bamba:
"Did you know that Richie was cuckoo for cocoa puffs and that the reason the plane crashed is because he got airsick and blinded the pilot when he threw up on him? True story."
The only way it could be known is if the pilot radio'd before crashing that it had happened-- or -- there was vomit on Ritchie's clothing and in the pilot's eyes.
Sounds pretty hokey to me. (What's cocoa puffs got to do with it?)
Flanagan
I don't think Cocoa Puffs were around in 1959. And even if they were around i don't think that Cocoa Puffs would make somebody airsick enough to cause a plane crash
shareAccording to Wikipedia, Cocoa Puffs first hit the market in 1958, the year before the plane crash. Even if Ritchie did like the cereal, it is doubtful that he would eat it while on tour.
shareI'm sure there are many theories on what caused the plane crash, but the official cause was pilot error. The pilot was young, had little flying experience, almost no nighttime experience and suffered from vertigo i.e. dizziness. The blizzard-like conditions involved certainly were a key factor as well.
shareLPurch, Whoever posted that is an Idiot!!!
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A beechcraft bonanza V-tail is a tiny plane, you don't get up and walk to the pilot, you kinda crawl up there.
shareAccording to the investigation of the cause of the plane crash, the pilot was young (20 years old) and inexperienced. It was late at night, dark and snowing. There were instruments on the dashboard and in the cockpit that would have enabled the pilot to see better and better maneuver the small plane. He didn't use them and he wasn't able to see. The plane crashed immediately after take off.
shareSounds possible. I can see Risssccchheey as bob would say going kookoo for cocoa puffs big time. He might have gone into coke rage on the plane and bam. The rest of you thinking of cereal.. Wtf is wrong with you.
shareYouth is not an excuse!
shareThank you, I don't have any info on the investigation of the crash.
shareThe pilot couldn't fly using only his dashboard instruments. You figure if you're flying a plane you only need to look out a window & see ground, sky, etc. However, in the dark, particularly in bad weather, you see NADA! Not a thing! Total darkness.
Toss in going a couple of hundred miles an hour and at X elevation above the ground, and if you don't know where you are, you & the ground will soon meet at a high velocity.
The accident report heavily leaned towards 'pilot error' b/c a) the pilot was inexperienced & was not qualified to fly on instruments alone; b) weather conditions while attempting to fly at night; and c) the proximity of the wreckage to the airstrip.
That they hit the ground at a high velocity was evident from the degree of injuries on both Richie (the worse) and Buddy.
Put another way: Richie didn't get an open casket funeral.
LOL, I really doubt that!
shareLooked like a shitty airplane in really bad weather to me. Disaster waiting to happen.
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