Jim Croce


Date: September 20, 1973
Location: Natchitoches, Louisiana
Aircraft: Beechcraft E18S
Reg: N50JR
Airline: N/A
Flight No: N/A
Fatalities: 6 : 6

The wreckage of a Beechcraft D-18 in which Jim Croce and five others were killed after hitting trees during  takeoff at Natchitoches, Louisiana. Croce's company had just completed a performance before a crowd of 2,000 at Northwest State University.